Cover of Habermas and the Dialectic of Reason

Book 1987

Habermas and the Dialectic of Reason

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Published
1987
  • Philosophy
  • Functionalism (Social sciences)
  • Sociology
  • Social action
  • Rationalism
  • Communication
  • Critical theory
  • Reason

In his magnum opus, Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns, the distinguished philosopher Jurgen Habermas presented his ideas as a whole, providing the first major defense of his philosophy. David Ingram here summarizes the themes of Habermas's masterwork, placing them in the context of the philosopher's other work, relating them to poststructuralism, hermeneutics, and Neo-Aristotelianism, and surveying what other critics have said about Habermas.

(Source: Yale University Press)