MAGALHÃES, Edilson Marques2025-05-052015MARQUES, Dorli João Carlos; MARQUES, Iracelma Magalhães da Costa. Science and Modernity: A Critical Needs. ITEGAM - JETIA, v. 1, n. 1, p. 4-10, mar. 2015. ISSN 2447-0228. Disponível em: http://www.itegam-jetia.org.https://rigalileo.itegam.org.br/handle/123456789/1144Modern science, rooted in positivist foundations, lacks sufficient epistemological and methodological support for a comprehensive understanding of man, the world, and society. Drawing on the theories of Habermas, Marcuse, Heidegger, Adorno, Horkheimer, and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, the article critiques the limitations of modern science and proposes an alternative epistemological approach grounded in emancipatory knowledge that values marginalized ways of knowing.pdf.CiênciaModernidadeEpistemologiaCrítica socialConhecimento emancipadorArtigoCiências Humanas