The Theory of Communicative Action: Reason and the Rationalization of Society, Volume 1

by Jürgen Habermas

Book Overview

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is guided by three interrelated concerns: (1) to develop a concept of communicative rationality that is no longer tied to the subjective and individualistic premises of modern social and political theory; (2) to construct a two-level concept of society that integrates the 'lifeworld' and 'system'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745603866
• ISBN13: 9780745603865
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"