Mimesis and reason : Habermas's political philosophy / Gregg Daniel Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Gregg Daniel, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Habermas, Jürgen--Political and social views.

Habermas, Jürgen.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

xiii, 185 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]

Summary:

In assessing and reconstructing a particular theory of communication found in the writings of German philosopher Jugen Habermas, Miller (U. of Washington) grapples with the questions of what secular sensibility can govern the legitimate exercise of power in the modern age, and whether any particular political body in an age of pluralism can have confidence that its moral values are born of more than historical inertia but less than pure will to power. He pairs Habermass with Plato on mimesis in communicative action, with George Herbert Mead on the subject in communicative action, and with Walter Benjamin on the experience of mimesis. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Reason and mimesis

Mimesis in communicative action : Habermas and Plato

The subject in communicative action : Habermas and George Herbert Mead

The experience of mimesis : Habermas and Walter Benjamin

Coda : Habermas and the affective bond of understanding.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438437392

1438437390

OCLC:

701493635