On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction: Preliminary Studies in the Theory of Communicative Action

by Jürgen Habermas

Book Overview

In 1971 J rgen Habermas delivered the Gauss Lectures at Princeton University. These pivotal lectures, entitled Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociology, anticipate The Theory of Communicative Action and offer an excellent introduction to it. They show why Habermas considers the linguistic turn in social philosophy to be necessary and contain the first formulation of formal pragmatics, including an important discussion of truth. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262582139
• ISBN13: 9780262582131
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher