Reason, history, and politics : the communitarian grounds of legitimation in the modern age

Author(s)

• Ingram, David

Bibliographic Information

Reason, history, and politics : the communitarian grounds of legitimation in the modern age

David Ingram

（SUNY series in social and political thought）

State University of New York Press, c1995

• : hbk
• : pbk

Other Title

Reason, history, & politics

Note

Bibliography: p. 421-435

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Reason, History, and Politics shows that certain conceptions of rationality in current theories of science, technology, and law can account for neither the legitimacy of paradigm shifts nor the communitarian integrity of rational decision and learning internal to paradigms generally. Ingram proposes an alternative conception of reality that does. Drawing on a rich literature that encompasses classical German Idealism, pragmatism, poststructuralism, and hermeneutics, Ingram shows how a specific model of art criticism and aesthetic judgment illuminates the kind of discursive rationality found in all domains of rational undertaking. The book synthesizes debates in law, political science, philosophy of science and history, and social philosophy, and covers Anglo-American, French, and German schools of philosophy, discussing topics such as critical legal studies, the logic of scientific discovery and explanation, and subjectivity, hegemony, and totalitarianism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. Reason and Liberal Theory: A Communitarian Critique 2. Science and Technology as Practical Reason Part II 3. Anglo-American Communitarianism and the Dilemmas of Social Critique 4. French Communitarianism and the Subjugation of Identity Part III 5. Discourse Ethics and Democratic Legitimation 6. Discourse Ethics and Adjudication Part IV 7. A Postmodern Legitimation of Community and Judgment 8. The Legitimacy of the Modern Age: Toward a Metaphorology of Revolution, Myth, and Progress in Science and Politics Notes Bibliography Indexes

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA24988576
• ISBN:
  • 0791423492
  • 0791423506
• LCCN: 94028754
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany, NY
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 467 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 301
  • LCC : H61
  • DC20 : 300
  • NDC8 : 301
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Community
  • LCSH : Postmodernism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20027998