| Description |
1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
| Contents |
From Reason to Rationalization: The Emergence of the Weberian Paradigm -- The Revolutionary Critique of Instrumental Reason: Lukács and Benjamin -- Horkheimer, Adorno and Critical Theory -- The Ontological and Republican Critiques: Heidegger and Arendt -- Reason, Thinking and the Critique of Everyday Life -- From Rationalization to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian Paradigm |
| Summary |
What different kinds of reason are possible, and which ones are the most appropriate for a legitimate, as opposed to a merely legitimated state?The book opens with an analysis of Weber as a figure who marks a key moment of sociological transition. Weber articulates a distinctly different view to Enlightenment thinkers who believe in the capacity of reason to improve society and emancipate humanity from ignorance and domination. Weber signals that the institutionalization of the instrumental reason particular to industrial society might actually be an effective tool in the struggle for socia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Weber, Max, 1864-1920
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Habermas, Jürgen.
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| SUBJECT |
Habermas, Jürgen fast |
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Weber, Max, 1864-1920 fast |
| Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy.
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Instrumentalism (Philosophy)
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Reason.
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reason.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Instrumentalism (Philosophy)
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Political science -- Philosophy
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Reason
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441152572 |
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1441152571 |
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9786612710360 |
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6612710365 |
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9781501301759 |
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1501301756 |
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9781441124555 |
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1441124551 |
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