摘要：Using the example of the
current and topical debate on language and the integration of minorities, the
author examines the interaction between subject understanding, knowledge ideals
and the epistemological interest in migration research. He thereby maintains
that the respective tasks of knowledge development tend to fade into the
background of mainstream-oriented research pragmatics, which focuses chiefly on
controlling the conditions and effects of human behavior. In contrast to a
discourse of conditions – in which the technical utilizability of knowledge
plays a decisive role in the justification of the methodological approach
employed – the author emphasizes the need for an epistemological interest in the
acquisition of emancipatory reflective knowledge. He elaborates the relevance of
the capabilities approach for a new orientation in migration research,
intercultural studies and education.
