Communicative Action and Rational Choice

by Joseph Heath

Book Overview

In this book Joseph Heath brings J rgen Habermas's theory of communicative action into dialogue with the most sophisticated articulation of the instrumental conception of practical rationality-modern rational choice theory. Heath begins with an overview of Habermas's action theory and his critique of decision and game theory. He then offers an alternative to Habermas's use of speech act theory to explain social order and outlines a multidimensional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262082918
• ISBN13: 9780262082914
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"