Legitimation Crisis - Couverture souple

Habermas, Jurgen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0435823884 ISBN 13 : 9780435823887

Editeur : Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1976

Synopsis

Critical Theory originated in the perception by a group of German Marxists after the First World War that the Marxist analysis of capitalism had become deficient both empirically and with regard to its consequences for emancipation, and much of their work has attempted to deepen and extend it in new circumstances. Yet much of this revision has been in the form of piecemeal modification. In his latest work, Habermas has returned to the study of capitalism, incorporating the distinctive modifications of the Frankfurt School into the foundations of the critique of capitalism. Drawing on both systems theory and phenomenological sociology as well as Marxism, the author distinguishes four levels of capitalist crisis - economic, rationality, legitimation, and motivational crises. In his analysis, all the Frankfurt focus on cultural, personality, and authority structures finds its place, but in a systematic framework. At the same time, in his sketch of communicative ethics as the highest stage in the internal logic of the evolution of ethical systems, the author hints at the source of a new political practice that incorporates the imperatives of evolutionary rationality.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

In this enormously influential book, Jurgen Habermas examines thedeep tensions and crisis tendencies which underlie the developmentof contemporary Western societies and develops a powerful analysisof the legitimation problems faced by modern states.

Habermas argues that Western societies have succeeded to someextent in stabilizing the economic fluctuations associated withcapitalism, but this has created a new range of crisis tendencieswhich are expressed in other spheres. States intervene in economiclife and attempt to regulate markets, but they find themselvesconfronted by increasing and often conflicting demands. Asindividuals become increasingly disillusioned, the state is facedwith the possibility of a mass withdrawal of loyalty or support – a′legitimation crisis′.

Widely recognized as a classic of contemporary social andpolitical analysis, Legitimation Crisis sheds light on arange of issues which are central to current debates, from thedecline of class conflict and the disillusionment with establishedpolitical institutions to the crisis of the welfare state. Itremains essential reading for students of sociology, politics andthe social sciences generally.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Heinemann Educational Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0435823884
• ISBN 13: 9780435823887
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 189
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible