UID:
almafu_9959201701802883
Format:
1 online resource (265 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-5013-0175-6
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1-282-71036-2
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9786612710360
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1-4411-5257-1
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction -- 1: From Reason to Rationalisation: 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 Rationalisation to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian Paradigm -- Conclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist Legitimacy -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also issued in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4411-2455-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8264-8771-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781501301759
