Beyond Universal Pragmatics - Studies in the Philosophy of Communication (Paperback, New edition)

The explicit ambition of this collection is to move 'beyond' the Universal Pragmatics of Jurgen Habermas. It is without doubt an ambitious programme whose architect has led since the 1960s a series of reflections on the rational potential of western society from the Enlightenment to the present. However, this theoretical emphasis on the irreducibility of the rational content of debate cannot avoid abstracting communicative universals from the empirical communication practices which are always embedded in multiple contexts of discourse, identity, media and institutions. This tension in Habermas's oeuvre has developed an antagonistic potential. An example of this antagonism can be seen in the distorting effects of a normative theory of communication whose very normativity means turning a blind eye to a history of social communication. For example, Habermas infamously neglects the constitutive role played by the media in constructions of what is held to be 'public' and even his more recent revisions do not resolve this dilemma. The nine contributions in this volume from the fields of psychology, politics, media, epistemology and aesthetics set out to move beyond the influence of communicative universals and propose alternative approaches to the challenge of reconciling autonomy, interaction and social organisation.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Interdisciplinary Communication Studies, 4
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Colin B. Grant
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	239
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911992-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > Journalistic style guides Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	3-03-911992-3
Barcode:	9783039119929

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