Recovering Ethical Life: Jurgen Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415117838 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 264 str.

J. M. Bernstein; Jay M. Bernstein;Bernstein Jay

Opis

Jurgen Habermas' construction of a critical social theory of society grounded in communicative reason is one of few real philosophical inventions of recent times that demands and repays extended engagement. In this study, which places Habermas' project in the context of critical theory as a whole past and future, J.M. Bernstein argues that despite its undoubted achievements, it contributes to the very problems of ethical dislocation and meaninglessness it aims to diagnose and remedy. Bernstein further argues that the precise character of the failures of Habermas' programme demonstrates the necessity for a return to the first generation critical theory of Adorno.

Recenzje

'Bernstein's outstanding book is now also essential reading for anyone concerned with Habermas's thinking and its implications for contemporary social and political theory' - Radical Philosophy

'One of the best books yet on Habermas.' - Dr N Stevenson, Sheffield University

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Critical Theory – The Very Idea; Chapter 2 Liberty and the Ideal Speech Situation; Chapter 3 Self-Knowledge as Praxis; Chapter 4 Moral Norms and Ethical Identities; Chapter 5 The Generalized Other, Concrete Others; Chapter 6 The Causality of Fate; Chapter 7 Language, World-Disclosure and Judgment;

O autorze

J.M. Bernstein is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex.