| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 51 |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 51.
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| Contents |
Introduction: deconstructing Habermas -- Let's have a "discussion"! -- A hospitable reading -- From rational reconstruction to deconstruction -- The aporias of rational consensus -- Rational consensus -- The violence of consensus: Jean-François Lyotard -- "A more inclusive model of communication": Iris Marion Young -- "Back to the rough ground": Chantal Mouffe -- The aporia of rational consensus -- From aim to process: "Das Nein-Sagen-Können" -- Rational (re)constructions -- Conclusion -- "A bizarre, even opaque practice": constitutionalism and democracy -- Introduction: constitutionalism and democracy -- The co-originality thesis -- Vicious circularity and infinite regress -- In the "whirlpool of temporality" -- Undecidability and fictions -- "A bizarre, even opaque practice": theoretical and political strategies -- Towards a deconstructive alternative -- The inclusion of the other's tolerance -- Introduction: the inclusion of the other and the paradox of tolerance -- Inclusion through distinction -- Blurring the distinction -- The threshold of tolerance -- Tolerance, equality and inequality -- The destruction of tolerance or a deconstructive tolerance? -- Civil disobedience within the limits of deliberative reason alone -- Introduction: civil disobedience as litmus test -- Definition: civil disobedience within the limits of public reason and constitutional democracy -- Between legality and legitimacy -- Not yet or to come? Realizing the principles of constitutional democracy -- Between majority rule and rational consensus -- Who decides? -- Disobedience without the guidance of deliberative reason: maturity -- Responsobility -- Conclusion -- Towards an ethics of discussion -- Introduction -- What is philosophy? What is reason? -- In defence of democracy -- Responding -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is the first book-length deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas's work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil disobedience.The war in Iraq brought Habermas and Derrida together in defense of international law and in favor of a bigger role for a united Europe in international affairs. Yet, despite the rapprochement between Habermas and Derrida in the years prior to Derrida's death, important |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Habermas, Jürgen
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| SUBJECT |
Habermas, Jürgen fast |
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Habermas, Jürgen. swd |
| Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy.
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Deconstruction.
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Deconstructivism (Architecture)
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Deconstructivist.
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deconstruction (theory)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Deconstruction
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Political science -- Philosophy
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Politische Philosophie
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Politieke filosofie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006038303 |
| ISBN |
9781134236923 |
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1134236921 |
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1283587106 |
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9781283587105 |
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9786613899552 |
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6613899550 |
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0203008286 |
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9780203008287 |
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1134236913 |
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9781134236916 |
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