1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSON0005096

Autore

Del_Vecchio, Giorgio

Titolo

2: Saggi politici e di vario argomento / Giorgio Del Vecchio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : A.Giuffrè, 1963

Descrizione fisica

282 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di filosofia del diritto dell'Università di Roma ; 20

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784920003321

Autore

Schecter Darrow

Titolo

The critique of instrumental reason from Weber to Habermas / / Darrow Schecter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2010

ISBN

1-5013-0175-6

1-282-71036-2

9786612710360

1-4411-5257-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Instrumentalism (Philosophy)

Political science - Philosophy

Reason

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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