Under Weber's shadow
Subtitle: modernity, subjectivity and politics in Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre
By: by Keith Breen
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754679080; 9780754697992
Subjects: Political sociology; Political ethics; Influence; Political and social views
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Modernity, politics and Max Weber; title: One-sided rationalization: Habermas on modernity, discourse and emancipation; title: Critiquing Habermas: intersubjectivity, ethics and norm-free sociality; title: The burden of our times: Arendt on modern oblivion and the promise of politics; title: Judging Arendt: citizenship, action and the scope of politics; title: The new dark age: MacIntyre on bureaucratic individualism and the hope for an ethical polity; title: Engaging MacIntyre: flourishing, modernity and political struggle; title: Closing reflections: ethics, politics and strategy in the present.