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Umfang: 1 online resource (263 pages)

Ausgabe: First edition.

ISBN: 3-031-53938-9

Anmerkung: Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Basic Characteristics of Habermas's Theoretical Oeuvre -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Maneuvering Between Critical Theory and Liberalism -- 1.3 Organizational Structure of the Book -- 1.4 Biography -- 1.5 The Stages of Development of Habermas's Thought -- 1.6 The Intellectual Context -- 1.7 Habermas as a Public Intellectual -- 1.8 Habermas's Influence in the Social Sciences -- References -- Chapter 2: The Attitude to the Critical Theory -- 2.1 Basic Characteristics of the Frankfurt School -- 2.2 The Frankfurt School in the United States -- 2.3 The Basic Themes of the Frankfurt School -- 2.4 Critical Theory -- 2.5 Habermas and the Place of Critical Theory in the Categorization of Science -- 2.6 Habermas's Attitude Toward Critical Theory -- 2.7 Lukács's Critical Theory -- 2.8 Marcuse's Critical Theory -- 2.9 Horkheimer's and Adorno's Critical Theory -- References -- Chapter 3: The Attitude to Marxism -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Distancing from Marx -- 3.3 The Attitude Toward the Working Class -- 3.4 The Relationship Between Theory and Practice -- 3.5 Differences over Materialism -- 3.6 Differences in View of History -- 3.7 Differences over Historical Materialism -- 3.8 Differences in Understanding Communication and Work -- 3.9 Differences in Terms of Ideology -- References -- Chapter 4: The Public Sphere -- 4.1 Critical Theory and the Public Sphere -- 4.2 What Is the Public Sphere? -- 4.3 Kant's Contribution to the Conceptualization of the Public Sphere -- 4.4 Hegel's Contribution to the Conceptualization of the Public Sphere -- 4.5 Prerequisites for the Emergence of the Public Sphere -- 4.6 The Historical Beginnings of the Public Sphere -- 4.7 The Ideological Function of the Public Sphere -- 4.8 The Ideological Dimension of Opinion, Against the Discursive Dimension of Public Opinion. , 4.9 The Normative Characteristics of the Discourse of the Public Sphere -- 4.10 The Decline of the Public Sphere -- 4.11 The Welfare State and the Transformation of the Public Sphere -- 4.12 The Commercialization of the Economy and the Transformation of the Public Sphere -- 4.13 The Role of the Media in the Weakening of the Public Sphere -- 4.14 Critical Review of the Public Sphere -- References -- Chapter 5: The Communicative Action -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Types of Action (Communicative vs. Strategic Action) -- 5.3 Formal Pragmatism -- 5.4 Universal Pragmatism -- 5.5 Speech Act -- 5.6 Validity Claims -- 5.7 The Functions of Speech and Validity Claims -- 5.8 Ideal Speech Situation -- 5.9 Systematically Distorted Communication -- 5.10 Communicative Rationality -- 5.11 Communication and Discourse -- 5.12 Lifeworld and System -- Lifeworld -- System -- 5.13 A Critical Review of Habermas' Analysis of Communication -- References -- Chapter 6: Discursive Ethics (of Morality) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Communicative Dimension of Discursive Ethics -- 6.3 Basic Notes on Deliberative Ethics -- 6.4 Metaethical Cognitivism -- 6.5 Discursive Ethics and Cognitive Theory -- 6.6 The Function of Morality In the Post-Conventional Society -- 6.7 The Difference Between Pragmatism, Morality, and Ethics -- 6.8 The Principle of Universalization (U) and the Principle of Discourse (D) -- The Principle of Universalization (U) -- The Discourse Principle (D) -- 6.9 The Characteristics of Ethical Discourse -- 6.10 The Significance of Moral Discourse -- 6.11 The Relationship Between Morality and Ethical Discourse in the Debate Between Habermas and Rawls -- 6.12 A Critical Review of Discursive Ethics -- References -- Chapter 7: Discursive Theory of Democracy -- 7.1 General Sightings -- 7.2 From Society to Politics -- 7.3 Civil Society and Politics. , 7.4 The State Organization and the Political System -- 7.5 The Proceduralist State -- 7.6 Deliberative Democracy -- 7.7 Civil, Political, and Economic Rights and Deliberative Democracy -- 7.8 Deliberative Democracy and Majority Decision-Making -- 7.9 The Dangers of Deliberative Democracy -- 7.10 Deliberative Democracy, Political Culture, and Constitutional Patriotism -- 7.11 Deliberative Democracy and Multiculturalism -- 7.12 A Critical Review of Habermas's Conceptualization of Deliberative Democracy -- References -- Chapter 8: Discursive Theory of Law -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Influence of Kant and the Discursive Theory of Law -- 8.3 Modernization and the Need to Establish Positive Law -- 8.4 The Functions of Law -- 8.5 Legitimacy of Law -- 8.6 The Legitimacy of Natural Law Versus the Legitimacy of Positive Law -- 8.7 Communicative Rationality, Instrumental Rationality, and the Legal System -- 8.8 The Relationship Between Morality and Law -- 8.9 Human Rights and Discourse -- 8.10 Sovereignty and Discourse -- 8.11 The Principle of Discourse and Democracy -- 8.12 A Critical Review of the Discursive Theory of Law -- References -- References -- Index.

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Sprache: Englisch