Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed
By (Author) Dr Lasse Thomassen
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
18th February 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
193
Physical Properties
Hardback
192
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
300g
Description
Jrgen Habermas' work ranges across critical theory, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of science, citizenship and democracy, religion and psychoanalysis, forging new paradigms and engaging with other key thinkers. Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal starting point for anyone studying Habermas. It follows Habermas's critical and philosophical project through all the stages of its development - the early critical theory, the linguistic turn, communicative action and discourse ethics, the theory of deliberative democracy -building up a complete overview of his work, and offering close and incisive analysis throughout.
Reviews
"In this introduction to Jurgen Habermas, Thomassen attempts to make the work of this German political philosopher more accessible to readers encountering it for the first time. The book covers all of Habermas' major topics, including his writings on the public sphere, his theories of communicative action, validity, and deliberative democracy, and his most recent work on supra-national democratic institutions and the role of religion in contemporary societies. Thomassen places Habermas' writings into their political and philosophical contexts, and contrasts his work with that of other thinkers, especially the members of the Frankfurt School." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.
Lasse Thomassen's book may not be for absolute beginners or seasoned specialists, but it certainly provides an excellent and reliable bridge between the two.' -- Studies in Social and Political Thought
Author Bio
Lasse Thomassen is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and Garca-Pelayo Fellow at the Centro de Estudios Polticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, Spain. He is the author of Deconstructing Habermas (Routledge, 2007) and editor of The Derrida-Habermas Reader (Edinburgh UP, 2006) and Radical Democracy (Manchester UP, 2005).
