| Description |
xi, 190 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Rationality, social theory and political philosophy -- 2. Action, rationality and normative discourse -- 3. Justice and the foundations of communicative ethics -- 4. Toward a minimal ethics and orientation for political theory -- 5. Communicative reason, modernity and contemporary capitalism -- 6. The two tasks of critical theory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Philosopher and social theorist Jürgen Habermas can be difficult to understand because of the complexity and breadth of his thought. This book offers an introduction to Habermas' work, particularly that which he has written in the 1970s and 1980s when new themes and directions have emerged in his thought. The author explains the ideas that characterize Habermas' later work, locating them in the context of contemporary debates, and demonstrates how they constitute the beginnings of a coherent and distinctive new research program |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index |
| Notes |
Paperback ed. 1989 |
| Subject |
Habermas, JuÌ ̂rgen
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Habermas, Jürgen.
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Frankfurt school of sociology.
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Sociology -- Germany.
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| LC no. |
87003005 |
| ISBN |
0521343607 |
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9780521343602 |
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