ISBN:
9780203020166
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 211 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Hoboken Taylor & Francis
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in social and political thought 46
Parallel Title:
Print version Habermas
DDC:
302.14
Keywords:
Habermas, Jürgen
;
Social action
;
Social participation
;
Collective behavior
;
Citizens' associations
;
Community life
Abstract:
Reconstructs developments in Habermas' thinking about the public sphere. This book marshals the significance of Habermas' lifetime of work on this topic to illuminate what is at stake in a contemporary interest in rescuing an embattled modern public sphere. It describes Habermas' project as one that is still informed by utopian energies
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: The Plight of the Public Sphere; 2. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere; 3. The Theory of Communicative Action; 4. Discourse Ethics and The Normative Justification of Tolerance; 5. A Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy; 6. Globalizing the Public Sphere; 7. The Utopian Energies of a Radical Reformist; 8. Romantic and Enlightenment Legacies: The Postmodern Critics; 9. Distorted Communications: Habermas and Feminism; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-205) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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