1. Hermeneutics and Critical Theory in the Educational Sciences Critical Theory as Critique on the Hermeneutic Approach Krassimir Stojanov, University of Oulu, 13.-15.May 2009

2. Contents Critical Theory and the Project of Emancipation Emancipation as „Transcendence from Inside“ Developmental Stages of the Critical Theory

3. Critical Theory and the Project of Emancipation The Project of Emancipation vs. Hermeneutical Reconstructions Emancipation as Overcoming Alienation Alienation and Reification Reification in Education

4. Emancipation as „Transcendence from Inside“ „Transcendence from Inside“ as Dimension of Social Practices „Transcendence from Inside“ and Bildung „Transcendence from Inside“ and Intersubjetivity

5. Developmental Stages of the Critical Theory The Marxist Approach (Horkheimer/ Adorno/ Heydorn) The Discourse Ethics (Habermas/ Mollenhauer) The Recognition Approach (Honneth/ Fraser)