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advanced Habermas theory analysis
Alienated Leisure
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Bourgeois Public Sphere
Capitalist Commodity Exchange
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Civil Society
Commodity Fetishism
communicative rationality
Contemporary Society
critical social theory
democratic legitimacy
discourse ethics
Eighteenth Century Public Sphere
Emancipatory Sciences
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Familial Vocational Privatism
German philosophical tradition
Good Life
Habermas's Earlier Work
Habermas's Point
Hegelian Reason
Late Twentieth Century Capitalism
Legitimation Crisis
Literary Public Sphere
Orthodox Marxist Theory
Peirce's Community
Positivist Dispute
Practical Cognitive Interest
Private Autonomy
Public Autonomy
sociological methodology
Universal Political Morality
Universal Pragmatics
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9781902683942
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jun 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This comprehensive introduction to the thought of Jurgen Habermas covers the full range of his ideas from his early work on student politics to his recent work on communicative action, ethics and law. Andrew Edgar examines Habermas' key texts in chronological order, revealing the developments, shifts and turns in Habermas' thinking as he refines his basic insights and incorporates new sources and ideas. Some of the themes discussed include Habermas' early reshaping of Marxist theory and practice, his characterization of critical theory, his conception of universal pragmatics, his theories of communicative action and discourse ethics, and his defence of the project of modernity. Edgar offers much more than a schematic run through of Habermas' big ideas. He deals in detail with Habermas' arguments in order to demonstrate how he weaves together multiple strands of thought, and he usefully situates Habermas' ideas within the contexts of the history of German philosophy, the history of sociology, and within contemporary debates in both continental and analytic philosophy. By engaging with some of Habermas' key critics and contrasting his views with the ideas of contemporaries, Edgar is able to give a clear sense of Habermas' place and importance in contemporary philosophy and social theory.
Andrew Edgar is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University.
