| Description |
1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 125 |
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Very short introductions ; 125.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jurgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union. Gordon Finlayson provides readers with a clear and readable overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using concrete examples and accessible language. He then goes on to analyse both the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its more concrete applications in the fields of ethics, politics, and law; and concludes with an examination how Habermas's social and political theory informs his writing on contemporary, political, and social problems. |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface: Who is Jürgen Habermas?; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; 1 Habermas and Frankfurt School critical theory; 2 Habermas's new approach to social theory; 3 The pragmatic meaning programme; 4 The programme of social theory; 5 Habermas's theory of modernity; 6 Discourse ethics I: the discourse theory of morality; 7 Discourse ethics II: ethical discourse and the political turn; 8 Politics, democracy, and law; 9 Germany, Europe, and post-national citizenship; Appendix; Further reading; Index. |
| Subject |
Habermas, Jürgen.
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Habermas, Jürgen. (OCoLC)fst00028860
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Finlayson, James Gordon. Habermas. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0192840959 9780192840950 (DLC) 2005281053 (OCoLC)57282438 |
| ISBN |
9780191517983 (electronic bk.) |
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0191517984 (electronic bk.) |
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