Sandro Segre

Introduction to Habermas (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a compact and up-to-date presentation of Jürgen Habermas' oeuvre, with particular reference to his theory of communicative action. It formulates the concepts of communicative rationality and validity claims, indicates the conditions of a perfect communicative rationality, and underscores Habermas' distinction between understanding- and success-oriented actions. Moreover, this book considers Habermas' critical reception of classical sociologists such as Weber and Durkheim; of the Lukacs and Frankfurt school; of Schutz, Mead, and Wittgenstein; and of important contemporary authors such as Foucault, Parsons, and Luhmann. Segre also explores Habermas' themes of the rationalization of the life-world and its consequences on the social, cultural, and personality systems. He discusses Habermas' well-known theses of colonization of the life-world, its impact on the public sphere and communicative action, and the legitimacy crisis that follows as a consequence. Finally, Introduction to Habermas provides an overview of the reception-both critical and appreciative-of Habermas' work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761884132
• Artikelnr.: 74399345

Autorenporträt

Sandro Segre is professor of sociology at the University of Genoa in Italy. Some of his more recent publications include Talcott Parsons: An Introduction (University Press of America, 2012) and A Weberian Analysis of Business Groups and Financial Markets: Trade Relations in Taiwan and Korea and Some Major Stock Exchanges (Ashgate, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: The Theory of Communicative Action Chapter 2: An
Outline of Habermas' Democratic Theory Chapter 3: Rationalization of the
Life World Chapter 4: Colonization of the Life World Chapter 5: The Public
Sphere as a Source of Legitimacy Chapter 6: The Reception of Habermas' Work
Bibliography Index