This long-awaited book sets out the implications of Habermas's theory ofcommunicative action for moral theory. "Discourse ethics" attempts to reconstruct a moral point ofview from which normative clai
Habermas draws upon writings in philosophy and sociology to present an historical investigation of the relationship between social theories and their application.
"For those concerned with the relationships between thought and action, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN INTERESTS will quickly be recognized as a brilliant book -- and a bold outline for a new social theory." (T
Jurgen Habermas, professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt, has been hailed as the "foremost social and political thinker in Germany today" (Times Literary Supplement). Included here are
Based on the new German edition of Philosophisch-politische Profile which has attracted serious and widespread attention, this book includes thirteen pieces written by Habermas between 1958 and 1978 -
edited by Ciaran Cronin and Pablo De Greiff Since its appearance in English translation in 1996, JA rgen Habermas's Between Facts and Norms has become the focus of a productive dialogue between German
In "Between Facts and Norms" Jurgen Habermas works out the legal and political implications of his "Theory of Communicative Action" (1981), bringing to fruition the project announced with his publicat
edited by Ciaran Cronin and Pablo De GreiffSince its appearance in English translation in 1996, JA1/4rgen Habermas's "Between Facts and Norms" has become the focus of a productive dialogue between Ger
This is Jurgen Habermas's most concrete historical-sociological book and one of the key contributions to political thought in the postwar period. It will be a revelation to those who have known Haberm
"The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity" is a tour de force that has the immediacy and accessibility of the lecture form and the excitement of an encounter across, national cultural boundaries. Habe
The essays in this collection provide an unusually intense portrait of a society and an age. They offer penetrating insights into past and present developments in Germany, shedding new light on that s
