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Paperback. In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Editor(s): Rasmussen, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Significantly, these debates unfold in the context of his particular reading of the modern philosophical tradition from the German enlightment to the present period. In this original interpretation, David Rasmussen provides both guide and critique to the later Habermas encountered in the context of the best of the critical literature that has emerged in recent years. Reading Habermas argues that Habermasa concept of ... Read more
In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Significantly, these debates unfold in the context of his particular reading of the modern philosophical tradition from the German enlightment to the present period. In this original interpretation, David Rasmussen provides both guide and critique to the later Habermas encountered in the context of the best of the critical literature that has emerged in recent years. Reading Habermas argues that Habermasa concept of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631152743
SKU
V9780631152743
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About Rasmussen
David M. Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism, the Philosophy and Social Criticism Book Series, and Cultural Hermeneutics. He is the author of Reading Habermas, Symbol and Interpretation, and Mythic-Symbolic Language and Philosophical Anthropology, editor of Universalism vs. Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in Ethics and co-editor of ... Read more
Reviews for Reading Habermas
is to be highly recommended as a basic critical commentary for both specialist and non
specialist alike. Philosophical Studies A valuable resource not only in providing an interest perspective on Habermasa s work but in offering a guide to much of the relevant literature on it. Philosophical Quarterly . A clear, cogent, sympathetic
critical discussion of issues. ... Read more
specialist alike. Philosophical Studies A valuable resource not only in providing an interest perspective on Habermasa s work but in offering a guide to much of the relevant literature on it. Philosophical Quarterly . A clear, cogent, sympathetic
critical discussion of issues. ... Read more