The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 1: Reason and the Rationalization of SocietyA 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 |
Contents
Introduction Approaches to the Problem of Rationality | 1 |
1 Rationality A Preliminary Specification | 8 |
2 Some Characteristics of the Mythical and the Modern Ways of Understanding the World | 43 |
3 Relations to the World and Aspects of Rationality in Four Sociological Concepts of Action | 75 |
4 The Problem of Understanding Meaning in the Social Sciences | 102 |
Max Webers Theory of Rationalization | 143 |
1 Occidental Rationalism | 157 |
2 The Disenchantment of ReligiousMetaphysical World views and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness | 186 |
4 The Rationalization of Law Webers Diagnosis of the Times | 243 |
Intermediate Reflections Social Action Purposive Activity and Communication | 273 |
From Lukacs to Adorno Rationalization as Reification | 339 |
1 Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism | 345 |
2 The Critique of Instrumental Reason | 366 |
Notes | 403 |
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The Role of the Protestant Ethic | 216 |
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