Theory of Communicative Action. Volume 2: Lifeworld and System : A Critique of Functionalist Reason.; Translated by Thomas McCarthy

Habermas, Jürgen

ISBN 10: 0807014001 / ISBN 13: 9780807014004

Edité par Beacon Press, Boston, 1987

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First edition. 457pp. Fine, near new condition / slightly chipped dust jacket.

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• Titre: Theory of Communicative Action. Volume 2: Lifeworld and System : A Critique of Functionalist Reason.; Translated by Thomas McCarthy
• Éditeur: Beacon Press, Boston
• Date de parution: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0807014001
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780807014004
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Book by Jrgen Habermas

Présentation de l'éditeur

Juergen Habermas opens Volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, "system" and "lifeworld." The strength of this combination is then demonstrated in a detailed critique of Parsons's theory of social systems. Concluding with a critical reconstruction of the Weberan and Marxian treatment of modernity and its discontents, Habermas sets a new agenda for the critical theory of contemporary society. The combination of historical and theoretical sweep, analytical acumen and synthetic power, imagination and engagement mark this as one of the great works of twentieth-century social theory.