03101nam 22006611 450 991045941540332120101203145042.01-5013-0175-61-282-71036-297866127103601-4411-5257-110.5040/9781501301759(CKB)2670000000035029(EBL)564301(OCoLC)650311596(SSID)ssj0000415174(PQKBManifestationID)11269658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415174(PQKBWorkID)10409781(PQKB)10963581(MiAaPQ)EBC564301(Au-PeEL)EBL564301(CaPaEBR)ebr10403759(CaONFJC)MIL271036(OCoLC)893334974(UtOrBLW)bpp09258208(EXLCZ)99267000000003502920150227d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe critique of instrumental reason from Weber to Habermas /Darrow SchecterNew York :Continuum International Pub. Group,2010.1 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-2455-1 0-8264-8771-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.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.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 toInstrumentalism (Philosophy)Political sciencePhilosophyReasonPolitical science & theoryElectronic books.Instrumentalism (Philosophy)Political sciencePhilosophy.Reason.320.01Schecter Darrow265817UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910459415403321The critique of instrumental reason from Weber to Habermas2048221UNINA