Critiquing pessimistic anthropology means abandoning doctrines of human immutability

Evidence

The critical position with regard to a pessimistic form of anthropology, Habermas emphasized in his analysis of Schelsky in `Educational “Optimism” before the Tribunal of Pessimistic Anthropology’, does not consist of an optimistic counter-anthropology, but of the complete abandonment of anthropological doctrines of immutability in the philosophy of history. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 624

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Habermas’s critical method against Gehlen and Schelsky: not optimistic counter-anthropology but rejection of anthropological immutability claims.
• XREF: Connects to the earlier Institute material on Gehlen’s anthropology and Adorno’s critique of authenticity as a control mechanism. — connects to: In Hegel fulfilled subjectivity abandons its human and anthropological shape — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 607
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: In Hegel fulfilled subjectivity abandons its human and anthropological shape — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 607