UID:
edocfu_9959227486702883
Format:
1 online resource (201 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-23691-3
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1-283-58710-6
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9786613899552
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0-203-00828-6
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1-134-23692-1
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in social and political thought ;
Content:
This book is the first book-length deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas's work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil disobedience.The war in Iraq brought Habermas and Derrida together in defense of international law and in favor of a bigger role for a united Europe in international affairs. Yet, despite the rapprochement between Habermas and Derrida in the years prior to Derrida's death, important
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: deconstructing Habermas -- Let's have a "discussion"! -- A hospitable reading -- From rational reconstruction to deconstruction -- The aporias of rational consensus -- Rational consensus -- The violence of consensus: Jean-Francois Lyotard -- "A more inclusive model of communication": Iris Marion Young -- "Back to the rough ground": Chantal Mouffe -- The aporia of rational consensus -- From aim to process: "Das Nein-Sagen-Konnen" -- Rational (re)constructions -- Conclusion -- "A bizarre, even opaque practice": constitutionalism and democracy -- Introduction: constitutionalism and democracy -- The co-originality thesis -- Vicious circularity and infinite regress -- In the "whirlpool of temporality" -- Undecidability and fictions -- "A bizarre, even opaque practice": theoretical and political strategies -- Towards a deconstructive alternative -- The inclusion of the other's tolerance -- Introduction: the inclusion of the other and the paradox of tolerance -- Inclusion through distinction -- Blurring the distinction -- The threshold of tolerance -- Tolerance, equality and inequality -- The destruction of tolerance or a deconstructive tolerance? -- Civil disobedience within the limits of deliberative reason alone -- Introduction: civil disobedience as litmus test -- Definition: civil disobedience within the limits of public reason and constitutional democracy -- Between legality and legitimacy -- Not yet or to come? Realizing the principles of constitutional democracy -- Between majority rule and rational consensus -- Who decides? -- Disobedience without the guidance of deliberative reason: maturity -- Responsobility -- Conclusion -- Towards an ethics of discussion -- Introduction -- What is philosophy? What is reason? -- In defence of democracy -- Responding -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-54116-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-36054-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203008287
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