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Jurgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers
and social theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first
century. His work has been compared in scope with Max Weber's, and
in philosophical breadth to that of Kant and Hegel. In this
much-needed introduction Kenneth Baynes engages with the full range
of Habermas's philosophical work, addressing his early arguments
concerning the emergence of the public sphere and his initial
attempt to reconstruct a critical theory of society in Knowledge
and Human Interests. He then examines one of Habermas's most
influential works, The Theory of Communicative Action, including
his controversial account of the rational interpretation of social
action. Also covered is Habermas's work on discourse ethics,
political and legal theory, including his views on the relation
between democracy and constitutionalism, and his arguments
concerning human rights and cosmopolitanism. The final chapter
assesses Habermas's role as a polemical and prominent public
intellectual and his criticism of postmodernism in The
Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, in addition to his more
recent writings on the relationship between religion and democracy.
Habermas is an invaluable guide to this key figure in contemporary
philosophy, and suitable for anyone coming to his work for the
first time.
Jurgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers
and social theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first
century. His work has been compared in scope with Max Weber's, and
in philosophical breadth to that of Kant and Hegel. In this
much-needed introduction Kenneth Baynes engages with the full range
of Habermas's philosophical work, addressing his early arguments
concerning the emergence of the public sphere and his initial
attempt to reconstruct a critical theory of society in Knowledge
and Human Interests. He then examines one of Habermas's most
influential works, The Theory of Communicative Action, including
his controversial account of the rational interpretation of social
action. Also covered is Habermas's work on discourse ethics,
political and legal theory, including his views on the relation
between democracy and constitutionalism, and his arguments
concerning human rights and cosmopolitanism. The final chapter
assesses Habermas's role as a polemical and prominent public
intellectual and his criticism of postmodernism in The
Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, in addition to his more
recent writings on the relationship between religion and democracy.
Habermas is an invaluable guide to this key figure in contemporary
philosophy, and suitable for anyone coming to his work for the
first time.
In this rich interpretation of the history of critical theory, Axel
Hormeth clarifies critical theory's central problems and emphasizes
the social factors that should provide it with a normative and
practical orientation. Axel Honneth's Critique of Power is a rich
interpretation of the history of critical theory, which clarifies
its central problems and emphasizes the "social" factors that
should provide that theory with a normative and practical
orientation. Honneth focuses on the dialog between French and
German social theory that was beginning at the time of Michel
Foucault's death. It traces the common roots of the work of
Foucault and Jurgen Habermas to a basic text of the last generation
of critical theorists-Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno's Dialectic
of Enlightenment-and draws from this connection the outline of a
program that might unite and surpass their seemingly irreconcilable
methods of critiquing power structures. In doing so, Honneth
provides a constructive and nonpolemical framework for comparisons
between the two theorists. And he presents a novel interpretation
of Foucault's analysis of social systems. Honneth traces the
internal contradictions in critical theory through an analysis of
Horkheimer's early programmatic writings, the Dialectic of
Enlightenment, and Adorno's later social-theoretical writings. He
shows how Habermas and Foucault in their distinctive ways
reinserted the social world into critical theory but argues that
neither operation has been wholly successful. His cogent analysis
redirects critical social theory in ways that can draw on the
strengths and avoid the weaknesses of the two approaches.
Each year, "The Philosopher's Annual" presents the ten best
articles published in the field of philosophy during the previous
twelve months--with the absence of limits on the articles' sources,
subject matter, or modes of treatment making for a very diverse
collection of engaging, high-caliber work. This year's volume
includes papers by Katalin Balog, Tyler Burge, Cheshire Calhoun,
Sally Haslanger, Thomas Hofweber, Philip Kitcher, Charles G.
Morgan, Thomas W. Pogge, James Pryor, and Elliott Sober.
"The Philosopher's Annual" attempts to select the ten best articles
published in philosophy the previous year. Impossible? Yes. By
attempting the impossible this collection calls attention to truly
exceptional critiques from the philosophical field. This is the
22nd volume of the series, collecting outstanding work from the
philosophy literature of 1999. Each year the members of the
distinguished nominating board are asked to name three papers that
most impressed them from the literature of the previous year. No
limitations are placed on sources from which articles may be
nominated, on subject matter, or on mode of treatment. The process
delivers a diverse collection of engaging, high caliber work that
stands as a valuable sample of contemporary work in philosophy.
"The Philosopher's Annual" attempts to select the ten best articles
published in philosophy the previous year. Impossible? Yes. By
attempting the impossible this collection calls attention to truly
exceptional critiques from the philosophical field. This is the
22nd volume of the series, collecting outstanding work from the
philosophy literature of 1999. Each year the members of the
distinguished nominating board are asked to name three papers that
most impressed them from the literature of the previous year. No
limitations are placed on sources from which articles may be
nominated, on subject matter, or on mode of treatment. The process
delivers a diverse collection of engaging, high caliber work that
stands as a valuable sample of contemporary work in philosophy.
Each year, "The Philosopher's Annual" presents the ten best
articles published in the field of philosophy during the previous
twelve months--with the absence of limits on the articles' sources,
subject matter, or modes of treatment making for a very diverse
collection of engaging, high-caliber work. This year's volume
includes papers by Katalin Balog, Tyler Burge, Cheshire Calhoun,
Sally Haslanger, Thomas Hofweber, Philip Kitcher, Charles G.
Morgan, Thomas W. Pogge, James Pryor, and Elliott Sober.
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