Knowledge and Human Interests - Couverture souple

Habermas, Jurgen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0435823892 ISBN 13 : 9780435823894

Editeur : Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1978

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Habermas describes Knowledge and Human Interests as anattempt to reconstruct the prehistory of modern positivism with theintention of analysing the connections between knowledge and humaninterests. Convinced of the increasing historical and socialimportance of the natural and behavioural sciences, Habermas makesclear how crucial it is to understand the central meanings andjustifications of these sciences. He argues that for too long therelationship between philosophy and science has been distorted.

In this extraordinarily wide–ranging book, Habermas examines theprincipal positions of modern philosophy – Kantianism, Marxism,positivism, pragmatism, hermeneutics, the philosophy of science,linguistic philosophy and phenomenology – to lay bare the structureof the processes of enquiry that determine the meaning and thevalidity of all our statements which claim objectivity.

This edition contains a postscript written by Habermas for thesecond German edition of Knowledge and Human Interests.

Revue de presse

For those concerned with the relationships between thought and action, Knowledge and Human Interests will quickly be recognized as a brilliant book -- and a bold outline for a new social theory. --Times Literary Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Heinemann Educational Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0435823892
• ISBN 13: 9780435823894
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible