Paper short abstract:

The 'Methodenstreit' was wrongheaded. Both sides showed the colonial attitude. Perspectives on knowledge from other cultures should be made space for. The concepts and epistemological issues as well as methodological angles are scrutinised.

Paper long abstract:

The so-called 'Methodenstreit" was wrongheaded, because both camps were guilty of the colonial attitude. They did not take into account the perspectives on knowledge and other traditions in any genuine way, let alone allow for conceptual openness. Without becoming exotic or unscientific we should be able to do that. The conceptual and epistemological problems involved as well as the methodological ones ( praxiology, performance theory) are scrutinized.