| The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 1: Reason and the Rationalization of Society Volume 1 Edition Contributor(s): Habermas, Juergen (Author), McCarthy, Thomas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0807015075 ISBN-13: 9780807015070 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1985 Annotation: The key to his notion of reaching understanding is the possibility of using reasons or grounds to gain intersubjective recognition for criticizable validity claims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Social |
| Dewey: 301.01 |
| LCCN: 82072506 |
| Series: Theory of Communicative Action |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.68 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themse which have preoccupied Habermas for thirty years. --Times Literary Supplement |