Craig Browne

Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity

A Constructive Comparison

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Produktbeschreibung

This major new contribution forms a constructive comparison of the social theories of Jürgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens that focuses on their approaches to modernity, their endeavours to develop new perspectives, and their critical rethinking of the modernist vision of an autonomous society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781783085002
• ISBN-10: 1783085002
• Artikelnr.: 49214799

Autorenporträt

Craig Browne

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. New Paradigms and social theory Perspectives
Chapter One Habermas's New Paradigm of Critical Theory
Chapter Two Giddens's Theory of Structuration - an Ontology of the Social
Part II. Institutionalizing Modernity: Development and Discontinuity
Chapter Three Habermas on the Institutionalizing of Modernity: Communicative Rationality, Lifeworld and System
Chapter Four Giddens on Institutionalizing Modernity: Power and Discontinuity
Chapter Five Intermediate Reflections on Social Theory Alternatives: Contrasts and Divisions
Part III. The Political and Social Constellation of Contemporary Modernity
Chapter Six Globalization, the Welfare State and Social Democracy
Chapter Seven Deliberative Politics, the Democratizing of Democracy and European Cosmopolitanism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.