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Autore |
Schecter Darrow |
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Titolo |
The critique of instrumental reason from Weber to Habermas / / Darrow Schecter |
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New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-5013-0175-6 |
1-282-71036-2 |
9786612710360 |
1-4411-5257-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Instrumentalism (Philosophy) |
Political science - Philosophy |
Reason |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 1: From Reason to Rationalisation: The Emergence of the Weberian Paradigm -- 2: The Revolutionary Critique of Instrumental Reason: Lukács and Benjamin -- 3: Horkheimer, Adorno and Critical Theory -- 4: The Ontological and Republican Critiques: Heidegger and Arendt -- 5: Reason, Thinking and the Critique of Everyday Life -- 6: From Rationalisation to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian Paradigm -- Conclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist Legitimacy -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book analyses the critique of instrumental reason from Weber through to the present day. Weber constitutes the starting point because he represents a key moment of theoretical and political transition. Whereas Enlightenment thinkers such as Kant, Rousseau and Hegel had a profound faith in the power of reason to improve society and mankind, Weber signals that far from being a universally positive and progressive force, the institutionalisation of reason might actually be a highly effective tool in the struggle for domination. Schecter charts how Weber's ideas took shape as a response to |
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