Jurgen Habermas by Michael Pusey
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Jurgen Habermas
Jurgen Habermas
Summary
An authoritative introduction to the work of Habermas. His sometimes difficult and inaccessible work is rendered accessible by Michael Pusey for the student reader.
Jurgen Habermas Summary
Table of Contents
1. Foundations 1.1. From the Philosophical Foundations 1.2. To the Sociological Reconstructions 1.3. And the Reconstitution of Critical Theory 2. Culture, Evolution, Rationalisation and Method 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The Evolution of Society and Culture 2.3. From Traditional Society to Modernity: The reconstruction of Max Weber's Theory of Rationalisation 2.4. Method and Meaning 3. Communication and Social Action 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Systematically 'Distorted Communication' and 'Ideal Speech' Situation 3.3. Speech-Actions 3.4. Communicative Action 4. The Political Sociology of Advanced Capitalistic Societies 4.1. Introduction 4.2. The 'Crises' of Legitimation, Motivation and the State 4.3. Lifeworld and the System 5. Concluding Comments 5.1. An Empty Intellectualism? 5.2. The 'Movement of Reflection' - Forwards, upwards and sideways downwards or nowhere? 5.3. An Insufficiently Critical Theory? 5.4. Finally...
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NPB9780415104517
9780415104517
0415104513
Jurgen Habermas by Michael Pusey
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
19880114
128
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