On the pragmatics of social interaction
Subtitle: preliminary studies in the theory of communicative action
By: Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Barbara Fultner.
Series: Studies in contemporary German social thought
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Language and languages -- Philosophy; Communication -- Philosophy; Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics; Communicative competence; Social interaction
Description: "In these lectures and two additional essays, Habermas outlines an intersubjective approach to social theory that takes the concepts of meaning and communication to be central. In doing so, he situates his project relative to other influential accounts of how meaning is constituted, in particular those of Edmund Husserl, Wilfrid Sellars, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He examines the nature of social interaction and its connection to communication, developing a linguistic conception of convention and intentionality. He also offers an account of social and individual pathologies using the concept of systematically distorted communication. Taken together, these analyses contribute significantly to current debates in the philosophy of action and language."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.