Abstract

QUELUZ, Gilson Leandro. Interdisciplinary pathways of critical theory in a CTS program: contradictions and potentials. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.45, pp.319-338. ISSN 1981-0431.  https://doi.org/10.2015/lcv21n45.005.

In this article, we intend to discuss the potentials and contradictions in the development of a program of studies in science, technology and society (STS), the Graduate Program in Technology of the Federal Technological University of Paraná (PPGTE), created in 1995, based on an initial orientation derived from critical theory, especially in its Habermasian trend. Thus, we analyze some specific thesis of Jürgen Habermas, as interpreted by Bastos, creator of this graduate program, in his effort to overcome the instrumental bases of understanding of technology, in order to exalt its emancipatory character as the essential foundation for a situated approach of studies in Science, Technology and Society (STS). We emphasize the nonlinear character of this process and the importance of strict and expanded critical theory for developing a praxis based on an interdisciplinary materialism in the field of CTS.

Keywords : Critical Theory; Science; Technology and Society (STS); Interdisciplinary.

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