Deconstructing Habermas

ISBN-13: 9780415541169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 200 str.

Lasse Thomassen

Opis

This is a deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jurgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas's work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil disobedience."

Spis treści

Introduction: Deconstructing Habermas  1. The Aporias of Rational Consensus  2. ‘A Bizarre, even Opaque Practice’: Constitutionalism and Democracy  3. The Inclusion of the Other?: Tolerance  4. Civil Disobedience within the Limits of Deliberative Reason Alone  5. Towards an Ethics of Discussion

O autorze

Lasse Thomassen is Lecturer in Political Theory in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the editor of Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum, 2010) and, with Lars Tønder, co-editor of Radical democracy: Politics between abundance and lack (Manchester University Press, 2005).