Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 1995

Emancipatory Social Science and Genealogy
Habermas on Nietzsche

I argue that Habermas’ critique of Nietzsche overlooks the similarities between his conception of an emancipatory social science and Nietzsche’s conception of genealogy. I conclude that it is necessary to disagree with Habermas’ contention that with Nietzsche the critique of modernity abandons its emancipatory content.