Critical theory after Habermas / edited by Dieter Freundlieb, Wayne Hudson and John Rundell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freundlieb, Dieter.

Hudson, Wayne.

Rundell, John F.

Series:

Social and critical theory 1572-459X ; v. 1.

Social and critical theory, 1572-459X ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Critical theory.

Frankfurt school of sociology.

Physical Description:

vi, 351 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Summary:

The essays in this book engage with the broad range of J]rgen Habermas' work including politics and the public sphere, nature, aesthetics, the linguistic turn and the paradigm of intersubjectivity.

Contents:

1. Reasoning, Language and Intersubjectivity / Dieter Freundlieb, Wayne Hudson, John Rundell 1

2. Between 'Objectivism' and 'Contextualism': The Normative Foundations of Social Philosophy / Maeve Cooke 35

3. The Pluralistic Public Sphere from an Ontological Point of View / Dmitri Ginev 77

4. Irreconcilable Differences? Habermas and Feminism / Pauline Johnson 104

5. Postreligious Aesthetics and Critical Theory / Wayne Hudson 133

6. Habermas, Schelling and Nature / Peter Douglas 155

7. The Debate About Truth: Pragmatism without Regulative Ideas / Albrecht Wellmer 181

8. Why Subjectivity Matters: Critical Theory and the Philosophy of the Subject / Dieter Freundlieb 212

9. Subjectivity as Philosophical Principle / Dieter Henrich 233

10. Against a priori Intersubjectivism: An Alternative Inspired by Sartre / Manfred Frank 259

11. The Moral Imaginary of Discourse Ethics / Kenneth MacKendrick 280

12. Imaginary Turns in Critical Theory: Imagining Subjects in Tension / John Rundell 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004137416

OCLC:

54103724