The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason

by Jürgen Habermas

Book Overview

Juergen Habermas opens Volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, "system" and "lifeworld." The strength of this combination is then demonstrated in a detailed critique of Parsons's theory of social systems. Concluding with a critical reconstruction of the Weberan and Marxian treatment of modernity and its discontents, Habermas sets a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080701401X
• ISBN13: 9780807014011
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"