The Theory of Communicative Action _ Volume Two _ Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason

Habermans, Jurgen; McCarthy, Thomas (trans)

ISBN 10: 0807014001 / ISBN 13: 9780807014004

Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1987

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papered boards, 457 pp, soiled edges, foxing to end paper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theory of Communicative Action _ Volume Two _ Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason
• Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807014001
• ISBN 13: 9780807014004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

"One of the broadest, most comprehensive, elaborate and intensely theoretical works in social theory. Social theory and philosophy may never be the same again." (Philosophy and Social Criticism)

From the Back Cover

Jurgen Habermas opens volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, 'system' and 'lifeworld.' The strength of this combination is then demonstrated in a detailed critique of Parsons's theory of social systems.