ABSTRACT

This article contributes to methodological debates in contemporary critical theory regarding the scope and features of immanent critique. I spell out the philosophical commitments presupposed by this approach to criticism and identify its basic features by comparing it with more recognizable argumentative or interpretative strategies. This comparison yields three immanent-critical requirements – for inherence, contradiction, and access – which bring into relief the heuristic and ampliative character of immanent criticism. Yet, these requirements also imply that “immanent critique” is not a method in any strict sense, since they are multiply interpretable and hence generative of distinctive critical comportments.

摘要

本文有助于当代批判理论中关于内在批判的范围和特征的方法论辩论。我阐明了这种批评方法所预设的哲学承诺，并通过将其与更容易识别的论证或解释策略进行比较来确定其基本特征。这种比较产生了三个内在批判要求——内在性、矛盾性和通达性——这使内在批判的启发性和扩大性特征更加突出。然而，这些要求也意味着“内在批判”不是任何严格意义上的方法，因为它们是可以多重解释的，因此会产生独特的批判行为。