Stephen K. White

The Recent Work of Jurgen Habermas

Reason, Justice and Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

JÜrgen Habermas is one of the foremost philosophers and social theorists in the world today, but the complexity and breadth of his thought make him often difficult to understand. This book offers a clear, accessible, and reliable introduction to Habermas' work, particularly that which he has written in the 1970s and 1980s when new themes and directions have emerged in his thought. The author explains the ideas that characterize Habermas' later work, locating them in the context of contemporary debates, and demonstrates how they constitute the beginnings of a coherent and distinctive new research program.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780521389594
• ISBN-10: 0521389593
• Artikelnr.: 22468341

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Rationality, social theory and political philosophy
2. Action, rationality and normative discourse
3. Justice and the foundations of communicative ethics
4. Toward a minimal ethics and orientation for political theory
5. Communicative reason, modernity and contemporary capitalism
6. The two tasks of critical theory
Notes
Bibliography
Index.