01864nas a2200181   4500008004100000245012900041210006900170260001200239520116800251653002001419653001301439653001501452653003101467653002401498653001501522100001801537856012701555       2014                        eng d00aThe liberation of human and non-human world and the critique of instrumental rationality: Degrowth and Green Critical Theory0 aliberation of human and nonhuman world and the critique of instr  aLeipzig3 a<p>The crisis of unsustainability we are going through today is one of the dramatic symptoms of a collapsing paradigm of society based on consumerism, productivism, industrialism, modern technology and technocracy. All these characteristics are linked to the domination of instrumental rationality (a means-orientated mentality and perspective) in almost all areas of human life and in our relations with the non-human world. The early Frankfurt School theorists share a common account with radical Greens theorists when criticizing the negative implications of the Enlightenment, such as the dark side of scientism, industrialism and modernity that led to the ‘disenchantment of the world’ (Weber) and to the non (although expected) liberation of humanity. In this paper, I will show to what extent early critical theory, before Habermas’ shift towards liberal democracy, could provide the Degrowth movement with a relevant philosophical theory of social change, allowing the renewal of ethos and practises that constitutes one of the vital priorities today if we want to re-orientate political and economic thinking away from current unsustainability.</p>10aCritical theory10adegrowth10adomination10ahuman and non-human nature10ainstrumental reason10aliberation1 aFREMAUX, Anne  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/liberation-human-and-non-human-world-and-critique-instrumental