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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974623903321

Autore

Owen David S

Titolo

Between reason and history : Habermas and the idea of progress / / David S. Owen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

9780791488478

0791488470

9780585476148

0585476144

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

Disciplina

303.44/01

Soggetti

Progress - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Idea of Progress and Critical Social Theory -- Habermas’s Conception of Critical Social Theory -- The Developmental Theory of Social Evolution -- The Idea of a Developmental Logic of History -- Progress and Social Evolution -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Between Reason and History examines the role of the idea of progress both in Ju¬rgen Habermas's critical social theory and in critical social theory in general. The reception to Habermas's magnum opus, The Theory of Communicative Action, has tended to downplay the theory of social evolution it contains, but there are no in-depth examinations of this aspect of Habermas's critical theory. This book fills this gap by providing a comprehensive and detailed examination of Habermas's theory of social evolution, its significance within the wider scope of his critical social theory, and the importance of a theoretical understanding of history for any adequate critical social theory.