Habermas : a very short introduction / James Gordon Finlayson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finlayson, James Gordon, author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 125.

Very short introductions ; 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

'Habermas' provides a much needed accessible way in to the long and forbiddingly technical works of the most internationally well known living German philosopher.

Contents:

Contents; Preface: Who is Jürgen Habermas?; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; 1 Habermas and Frankfurt School critical theory; 2 Habermas's new approach to social theory; 3 The pragmatic meaning programme; 4 The programme of social theory; 5 Habermas's theory of modernity; 6 Discourse ethics I: the discourse theory of morality; 7 Discourse ethics II: ethical discourse and the political turn; 8 Politics, democracy, and law; 9 Germany, Europe, and post-national citizenship; Appendix; Further reading; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-75324-2

1-4294-5981-6

0-19-151798-4

OCLC:

437108850