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

• Autore: Schecter Darrow
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01
• Soggetto topico: Instrumentalism (Philosophy); Political science - Philosophy; Reason
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The critique of instrumental reason from Weber to Habermas
• ISBN: 1-5013-0175-6; 1-282-71036-2; 9786612710360; 1-4411-5257-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459415403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II