Democracy, power and legitimacy : the critical theory of Jürgen Habermas / Omid A. Payrow Shabani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payrow Shabani, Omid A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Power (Social sciences).

Legitimacy of governments.

Habermas, Jürgen.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Over his long and scholarly life, Jurgen Habermas has patiently laboured to diagnose the limitations and free the potential of the project of modernity - the pursuit of the ideal of free society by rational subjects. Omid A. Payrow Shabani here analyses the development of Habermas's critical philosophy in its pursuit of a theory of justice that can address the ethico-political concerns of our diverse, pluralist, and fragmented society. He contends that Habermas's more recent work represents a position that is inadequately critical of the existing political order in liberal democracies." "Payrow Shabani situates Habermas's current philosophical orientation by laying out its historical background and theoretical sources in the work of Kant and Hegel, and charting its movement towards an account of communicative rationality. Habermas's discourse ethics in turn translates his theory of communication into a sociological critique of democracy in advanced capitalism. Yet, Payrow Shabani argues, in his impressive effort to theorize deliberative democracy, and the role of law and power therein, Habermas concedes too much to 'real-existing' capitalism, and thus legitimizes political power as currently exercised in Western democracies."--Jacket.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Unfinished Project of Modernity and the Heritage of Critical Theory""; ""2 Communicative Action Theory and Rational Reconstruction of Linguistic Interaction""; ""3 The Communicative Ethics Controversy: Insights and Oversights""; ""4 Discourse Ethics and Legitimation Problems in Advanced Capitalism""; ""5 The Imperilment of the Critical Theory: The Seductive Complacency of the 'Is'""; ""6 Recovering the Critical Impulse of Habermas's Theory of Democracy""

""7 Constitutional Patriotism as an Answer to the Problems of Diversity and Solidarity""""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-99435-9

9786611994358

1-4426-7381-8

OCLC:

244768669