Habermas
Subtitle: A Critical Introduction
By: William Outhwaite.
Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780745602059
Subjects: Habermas, Jürgen, -- 1929-
Description: This new book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas’s work, from his early writings on the public sphere to his most recent works on law and the state. Outhwaite examines all of Habermas’s major works and steers a steady course through the many debates to which they have given rise.

A major feature of the book is that it provides a detailed critical analysis of Habermas’s most important work, The Theory of Communicative Action. Outhwaite also discusses Habermas’s appraisal of Foucault, Derrida and others, his resolute defence of the Enlightenment project and his important recent work on law and democracy. This book will quickly become established as an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Habermas’s work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The Roots of Habermas’s Thought
pagenum: 5; label: 2
title: Scientism in Theory and Practice
pagenum: 20; label: 3
title: Communication and Discourse Ethics
pagenum: 38; label: 4
title: Social Evolution and Legitimation
pagenum: 58; label: 5
title: Rational Action and Societal Rationalization
pagenum: 68; label: 6
title: The Colonization of the Lifeworld
pagenum: 82; label: 7
title: The Theory of Communicative Action: An Assessment
pagenum: 109; label: 8
title: Modernity and Philosophy
pagenum: 121; label: 9
title: Law and the State
pagenum: 137; title: Conclusion: Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory
pagenum: 152; title: Notes
pagenum: 155; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 180; title: Index
pagenum: 189