Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 254 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780826487711
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1282710362
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9781282710368
Content:
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 th
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 From Reason to Rationalization: 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 Rationalization to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian Paradigm; Conclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist Legitimacy; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441152572
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0826487718
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282710257
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441124555
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780826487711
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Critique of Instrumental Reason from Weber to Habermas
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
Author information:
Schecter, Darrow 1961-
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