This article reflects upon the enlightenment self-destruction and the relations between Sociology and Psychology according to the critical theory. It indicates the need of the society study in order to promote the understanding of the contemporary individual. It also defends the importance of the subjective investigation to the criticism of the social mediations.
Critical theory; Sociology; Psychology; Psychoanalysis; Subjectivity; Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund; Lacan, Jacques