Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed

✍ Scribed by Lasse Thomassen

Publisher: Continuum
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 185
Series: Guides for the Perplexed
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Jürgen Habermas’ work ranges across critical theory, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of science, citizenship and democracy, religion and psychoanalysis, forging new paradigms and engaging with other key thinkers.
Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal starting point for anyone studying Habermas. It follows Habermas's critical and philosophical project through all the stages of its development - the early critical theory, the linguistic turn, communicative action and discourse ethics, the theory of deliberative democracy -building up a complete overview of his work, and offering close and incisive analysis throughout.

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