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Author Li, Kit-Man, author.

Title Western civilization and its problems : a dialogue between Weber, Elias and Habermas / Kit-Man Li
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Weber's Account of Western Civilization I: Capitalism, the State and the Law; 3 Weber's Account of Western Civilization II: Culture and Values; 4 Elias's Account of Western Civilization; 5 Elias and Modern Human Conditions; 6 Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action; 7 Habermas's Conceptual Distinctions and His Critique of Capitalist Modernization; 8 Theory Validation and Evaluation: The Case of Western Civilization; Bibliography
Summary First published in 1999, this volume represents Kit-Man Li's attempt to wrestle with the complicated issues and ideas drawn from Habermas' theory of communicative action, Weber's studies of western civilization and Elias' insights on sociological theory. Li examines Weber, Habermas and Elias in turn in order to refine our understanding of modern Western civilization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2018)
Subject Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.
Habermas, Jürgen.
SUBJECT Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990 fast
Habermas, Jürgen fast
Weber, Max, 1864-1920 fast
Subject Progress -- Philosophy
Civilization, Western -- Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Civilization, Western -- Philosophy
Progress -- Philosophy
Cultuurfilosofie.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429766688
0429766688
9780429766671
042976667X