The Structuration Theory as Critical Theory.

ADRIÁN SCRIBANO

Northwestern University

Conferencia; The Third Annual Meeting of the Midwest Critical Theory Round Table; 1995

Midwest Critical Theory Round Table

The structuration theory has been examined as critical theory sometimes, but I think that the laters Giddens' writtings change the buondaries and frame work to disscus about this topic. In my opinion, inasmuch, there are in these works all the elementes to re-think the link between, day-to-day life, the social sciences goals and emancipatories situations.  Briefly, in this presentation I propuse discuss how the laters Giddens books could be considered as Critical Theory, because they've been written in post empiricist con­text and beacause they've linked Philosophy with Social Theo­ry.       Firsth, I want point out, about somes commons topics on Habermas and Giddens's theories, namely, 1) the double herme-neutic as central features of social sciences, 2) their critics to positivistic approach, 3) to make a critical re-construction of the historical mate­ria­lism in order to explain the late modernity and 4) the relations between democracy, autonomy and emancipation.