Between reason and history [[electronic resource] ] : Habermas and the idea of progress / / David S. Owen

• Autore: Owen David S
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.44/01
• Soggetto topico: Progress - Philosophy
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Between reason and history
• ISBN: 0-7914-8847-0; 0-585-47614-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820619503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II