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Reading Habermas

David M. Rasmussen ; with a bibliography by René Görtzen

B. Blackwell, 1990

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [114]-140

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9780631152736

Description

In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas sparked off a series of debates over modernity and post-modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Significantly, these debates unfold in the context of his particular reading of the modern philosophical tradition from the German enlightment to the present period. In this original interpretation, David Rasmussen provides both guide and critique to the later Habermas encountered in the context of the best of the critical literature that has emerged in recent years. "Reading Habermas" argues that Habermas' concept of modernity provides the context for the theory of language as well as his approaches to law and ethics. This book explores philosophical options chosen in the light of other, rejected readings. It aims to be a distinctive, readable contribution to the current controversy surrounding the most recent developments in critical theory.

Table of Contents

  • The dilemma of modernity
  • the strategy of the theory of communicative action
  • the problems in the theory of communitive action
  • discourse ethics
  • communication and the law
  • reading Habermas - modernity versus post-modernity.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780631152743

Description

In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post-modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Significantly, these debates unfold in the context of his particular reading of the modern philosophical tradition from the German enlightment to the present period. In this original interpretation, David Rasmussen provides both guide and critique to the later Habermas encountered in the context of the best of the critical literature that has emerged in recent years. Reading Habermas argues that Habermas' concept of modernity provides the context for the theory of language as well as his approaches to law and ethics. This book, as its title implies, offers a reading. It explores philosophical options chosen in the light of other, rejected readings. It is a distinctive, readable contribution to the current controversy surrounding the most recent developments in critical theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. The Dilemmas of Modernity 2. The Strategy of the Theory of Communicative Action 3. The Problems in the Theory of Communicative Action 4. Discourse Ethics 5. Communication and the Law 6. Reading Habermas: Modernity versus Post-Modernity Jurgen Habermas: A Bibliography by Rene Gortzen Index

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  • NCID
    BA10565767
  • ISBN
    • 0631152733
    • 0631152741
  • LCCN
    89027086
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 146 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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