On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction:
β JΓΌrgen Habermas
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2000
π English
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Communicative Action and Rational Choice (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
β Scribed by Joseph Heath
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 376
- Series
- Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
I just finished Heath's book and found it to be extremely fascinating and well thought out. The problem is, I can't imagine many people who wouldn't find the title a little intimidating.
I am an economics PHD student at UC Irvine, with special interests in critical theory, so I found it useful. The book is esentially an argument against instrumental rationality, especially that used by game theorists, using Habermas' theory of communicative action. If you don't know what all of those words mean in that last sentence but want to learn, then this book is great. If you do know what all of those words mean, you should definitely get this book.
β¦ Table of Contents
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
I Communicative Action......Page 24
1 The Theory of Communicative Action......Page 26
2 Language and Strategic Action......Page 62
3 Communication and Justification......Page 96
4 The Origins of Accountability......Page 142
II Discourse Ethics......Page 186
5 Foundations of Discourse Ethics......Page 188
6 Universalization......Page 232
7 Cognitivism and Convergence......Page 268
8 Transcendental Pragmatics......Page 294
Abbreviations of Works by Habermas......Page 326
Symbols Used in the Text......Page 328
Notes......Page 330
Bibliography......Page 362
Index......Page 372
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