Jürgen Habermas
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Jürgen Habermas
（Key sociologists / edited by Peter Hamilton）
Routledge, 1993, c1987
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First Published in 2004. Pusey's lucid introduction to Habermas enables students to get to grips with all aspects of Habermas's rewarding but sometimes difficult work.
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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