Habermas: A Critical Introduction (Key Contemporary Thinkers) - Softcover

Outhwaite, Prof William

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ISBN 10: 0745643280 ISBN 13: 9780745643281

Verlag: Polity, 2009

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This new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas's thought. Outhwaite examines all of Habermas's major works and steers a steady course through the many debates to which they have given rise.

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William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University.

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This new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas’s work, from his early writings on the public sphere, through his work on law and the state, to his more recent discussion of science, religion and contemporary Europe. Outhwaite examines all of Habermas’s major works and steers a steady course through the many debates to which they have given rise.

A major feature of the book is that it provides a detailed critical analysis of Habermas’s most important work, The Theory of Communicative Action. As well as looking at Habermas’s appraisal of figures such as Foucault and Derrida, the book also examines his resolute defence of the Enlightenment project, his work on law and democracy and its implications for the important topic of European integration.

This book quickly became established as an authoritative guide to Habermas’s work, and this updated new edition will be an invaluable critical introduction for students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, especially sociology, politics, philosophy and social theory.

A major feature of the book is that it provides a detailed critical analysis of Habermas’s most important work, The Theory of Communicative Action. As well as looking at Habermas’s appraisal of figures such as Foucault and Derrida, the book also examines his resolute defence of the Enlightenment project, his work on law and democracy and its implications for the important topic of European integration.

This book quickly became established as an authoritative guide to Habermas’s work, and this updated new edition will be an invaluable critical introduction for students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, especially sociology, politics, philosophy and social theory.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Polity
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0745643280
• ISBN 13: 9780745643281
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228
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