Understanding Habermas: Communicative Action and Deliberative DemocracyThis book provides an illuminating and comprehensive overview of Habermas' work. It explores the way in which his theories have developed and changed in the last twenty years, leading to an exposition of his more complex ideas and theories. His theory of communicative action is analysed, as are key themes, such as rights, public deliberation, law and democracy, and how they inter-relate. The question of how institutions can be designed to facilitate problem solving and conflict-resolution in a communicative manner is also discussed, and so is Habermas' contribution to the theory of international relations. |
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Rationality and action | 17 |
The communicative concept of action | 35 |
Discourse ethics | 54 |
Copyright | |
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According to Habermas actors agents agreement arguments attitude autonomy basis behaviour Chapter characterised citizens cognitivist collective communicative action concept conflicts consensus context cosmopolitan cosmopolitan democracy cultural debate decision-making decisions deliberation deliberative deliberative democracy democracy democratic democratic constitutional discourse ethics discourse theory discourse-theoretical discussion ensure equal established fact formal Frankfurt School freedom function globalisation goals Habermas 1996a Habermas's Hence human rights individual institutionalised institutions interaction interests justified legitimacy legitimate lifeworld Max Weber means modern societies moral norms negative freedom Niklas Luhmann opinion organisation oriented participants particular parties perspective political popular sovereignty possible practical pragmatic presupposes principle problem procedures public sphere purposive-rational question rational realise reason refers regarded regulated relation relevant republican role rules situation social integration solidarity speech acts tion tradition understanding understanding-oriented universalistic validity claims values voting Weber will-formation