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Habermas's Critical Theory of Society

Häftad, Engelska, 1991

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This book provides an understanding of the content and aims of Habermas's critical theory of society - the theory that analyzes the causes of our cultural lack of direction, polical apathy, and the increasing complexity of modern society. The author offers a foothold on the current debates regarding the credibility and cogency of the theory. Braaten presents Habermas's defense of his critique of reason in his most recent work concerning the confrontation between postmodernists and neoconservatives, and modernists and liberal theorists. She also explores the possibility of applying Habermas's critical resources in the United States in ways that he himself may not have considered.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1991-09-19
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Antal sidor202
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791407608

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. An Outline of Habermas's Critical Theory 2. A Consensus Theory of Truth and Knowledge The Meaning of 'Truth"A Problem 3. A Consensus Theory of Normative Validity Discursive Will Formation and Need InterpretationGeneralizable Interests and the Principle of UniveralizationJustifying the Principle of Universalization 4. The Theory of Communicative Competence Aesthetic-Expressive RationalityCommunicative Action and Communicative RationalityFormal Pragmatics: An OverviewDoes Communicative Competence Entail an Interest in Reaching UnderstandingCommunicative Rationality Again 5. The Critique of Societal Rationalization The Lifeworld and the Method of UnderstandingThe System and Functional ExplanationThe Critique of Modern SocietyMethodological Issues 6. Two Challenges: Positivism and Postmodernism Habermas and the Legacy of PositivismThe Defense of Modernism 7. Critical Applications of the Theory The End of Public Debate: The Mass MediaThe Politics of Need Interpretation and the Welfare SystemSocial Psychology as Social Ignorance: A Critical Approach to Social PsychologyConcluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index