Reading Habermas

Rasmussen, David M.

ISBN 10: 0631152733 / ISBN 13: 9780631152736

Published by Basil Blackwell, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Habermas
• Publisher: Basil Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631152733
• ISBN 13: 9780631152736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

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 Habermas' concept of modernity provides the context for the theory of language as well as his approaches to law and ethics.This book, as its title implies, offers a reading. It explores philosophical options chosen in the light of other, rejected readings. It is a distinctive, readable contribution to the current controversy surrounding the most recent developments in critical theory.

Review

"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 Habermas'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." James L Marsh, Fordham University .