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The Theory of Communicative Action
Reason and the Rationalization of Society, Volume 1
Taschenbuch von Jürgen Habermas
Sprache: Englisch

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Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is guided by three interrelated concerns: (1) to develop a concept of communicative rationality that is no longer tied to the subjective and individualistic premises of modern social and political theory; (2) to construct a two-level concept of society that integrates the 'lifeworld' and 'system' paradigms; and (3) to sketch out a critical theory of modernity that explains its sociopathologies in a new way.

Habermas approaches these tasks through a combination of conceptual analyses, systematic reflections, and critical reconstructions of such predecessors as Marx and Weber, Durkheim and Mead, Horkheimer and Adorno, Schutz and Parsons. Reason and the Rationalization of Society develops a sociological theory of action that stresses not its means-ends or teleological aspect, but the need to coordinate action socially via communication. In the introductory chapter Habermas sets out a powerful series of arguments on such foundational issues as cultural and historical relativism, the methodology of Verstehen, the inseparabilty of interpretation from critique. In addition to clarifying the normative foundations of critical social inquiry, this sets the stage for a systematic appropriation of Weber's theory of rationalization and its Marxist reception by Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno.

This is an important book for degree students of philosophy, sociology and related subjects.

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is guided by three interrelated concerns: (1) to develop a concept of communicative rationality that is no longer tied to the subjective and individualistic premises of modern social and political theory; (2) to construct a two-level concept of society that integrates the 'lifeworld' and 'system' paradigms; and (3) to sketch out a critical theory of modernity that explains its sociopathologies in a new way.

Habermas approaches these tasks through a combination of conceptual analyses, systematic reflections, and critical reconstructions of such predecessors as Marx and Weber, Durkheim and Mead, Horkheimer and Adorno, Schutz and Parsons. Reason and the Rationalization of Society develops a sociological theory of action that stresses not its means-ends or teleological aspect, but the need to coordinate action socially via communication. In the introductory chapter Habermas sets out a powerful series of arguments on such foundational issues as cultural and historical relativism, the methodology of Verstehen, the inseparabilty of interpretation from critique. In addition to clarifying the normative foundations of critical social inquiry, this sets the stage for a systematic appropriation of Weber's theory of rationalization and its Marxist reception by Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno.

This is an important book for degree students of philosophy, sociology and related subjects.

Über den Autor

Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 1

Translator's Preface v

2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness

3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic

4. The Rationalization of Law.

Weber!

Diagnosis of the Times

III Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and Communication

IV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification

1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism

2. The Critique of Instrumental Reason

Notes

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1986
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745603865
ISBN-10: 0745603866
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Habermas, Jürgen
Auflage: Revised edition
Hersteller: Polity Press
Maße: 228 x 151 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Jürgen Habermas
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.1986
Gewicht: 0,697 kg
Artikel-ID: 102580895
Über den Autor

Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 1

Translator's Preface v

2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness

3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic

4. The Rationalization of Law.

Weber!

Diagnosis of the Times

III Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and Communication

IV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification

1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism

2. The Critique of Instrumental Reason

Notes

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1986
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745603865
ISBN-10: 0745603866
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Habermas, Jürgen
Auflage: Revised edition
Hersteller: Polity Press
Maße: 228 x 151 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Jürgen Habermas
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.1986
Gewicht: 0,697 kg
Artikel-ID: 102580895
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