The Critique of Instrumental Reason from Weber to Habermas (Paperback, NIPPOD)

What different kinds of reason are possible, and which ones are the most appropriate for a legitimate, as opposed to a merely legitimated state?The book opens with an analysis of Weber as a figure who marks a key moment of sociological transition. Weber articulates a distinctly different view to Enlightenment thinkers who believe in the capacity of reason to improve society and emancipate humanity from ignorance and domination. Weber signals that the institutionalization of the instrumental reason particular to industrial society might actually be an effective tool in the struggle for social supremacy. He notes that in comparison with charismatic and traditional legitimation, modern forms of legal-rational legitimation are de-personalised, anonymously bureaucratic, and much more difficult to combat.The book then looks at various responses to Weber's diagnosis, from Lukcs and Benjamin to Horkheimer, Adorno, Heidegger, Arendt, Simmel, Foucault and Habermas. The study culminates with a sociological reading of critical theory that draws together Adorno's concept of non-identity with Habermas on communicative reason and Luhmann on social complexity and differentiation.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Darrow Schecter
Dimensions:	229 x 163 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
Edition:	NIPPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-2455-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	1-4411-2455-1
Barcode:	9781441124555

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