The Habermas Reader

by Jürgen Habermas and Jurgen Habermas

Book Overview

Here for the first time are Habermas's most important writings on society, the state, and social theory collected in one volume. For more than three decades Habermas has consistently attempted to supply foundations for a reconstructed Marxist social theory that provides a critical analysis of modernity. He has defended the position that only if a general notion of reason can be invoked can we hope to sustain a democratic social order. This carefully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080702001X
• ISBN13: 9780807020012
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"