Deconstructing Habermas
By: Lasse Thomassen.
Series: Routledge studies in social and political thought -- 51
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780415360548
Subjects: Habermas, Jürgen; Political science -- Philosophy; Deconstruction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: deconstructing Habermas; title: Let's have a "discussion"!; title: A hospitable reading; title: From rational reconstruction to deconstruction; title: The aporias of rational consensus; title: Rational consensus; title: The violence of consensus: Jean-François Lyotard; title: "A more inclusive model of communication": Iris Marion Young; title: "Back to the rough ground": Chantal Mouffe; title: The aporia of rational consensus; title: From aim to process: "Das Nein-Sagen-Können"; title: Rational (re)constructions; title: Conclusion; title: "A bizarre, even opaque practice": constitutionalism and democracy; title: Introduction: constitutionalism and democracy; title: The co-originality thesis; title: Vicious circularity and infinite regress; title: In the "whirlpool of temporality"; title: Undecidability and fictions; title: "A bizarre, even opaque practice": theoretical and political strategies; title: Towards a deconstructive alternative; title: The inclusion of the other's tolerance; title: Introduction: the inclusion of the other and the paradox of tolerance; title: Inclusion through distinction; title: Blurring the distinction; title: The threshold of tolerance; title: Tolerance, equality and inequality; title: The destruction of tolerance or a deconstructive tolerance?; title: Civil disobedience within the limits of deliberative reason alone; title: Introduction: civil disobedience as litmus test; title: Definition: civil disobedience within the limits of public reason and constitutional democracy; title: Between legality and legitimacy; title: Not yet or to come? Realizing the principles of constitutional democracy; title: Between majority rule and rational consensus; title: Who decides?; title: Disobedience without the guidance of deliberative reason: maturity; title: Responsobility; title: Conclusion; title: Towards an ethics of discussion; title: Introduction; title: What is philosophy? What is reason?; title: In defence of democracy; title: Responding; title: Bibliography; title: Notes; title: Index.