The Habermas-Luhmann debate
Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. This is the first book in English about one of the most important conflicts in social t...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
/ Luhmann, Niklas 1927-1998
/ Critical theory
/ Systems theory
/ Controversy
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| Further subjects: | B
Luhmann, Niklas,-1927-1998
B Political science-Europe-Philosophy-History B Electronic books B Habermas, Jürgen |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. This is the first book in English about one of the most important conflicts in social theory today. Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I: A Debate Unlike Any Other -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Context of the Debate -- Part II: Meaning, Language, and Communication -- 2. How a Debate Takes Off -- 3. Intersubjectivity and Lifeworld -- Part III: Between History and Evolution -- 4. History and Evolution: The Initial Debates -- 5. Evolution and History: The Harvest (1977- ) -- Part IV: The Debate on Legitimacy -- 6. Complexity and Democracy (1968-71) -- 7. Paradoxes of Legitimacy: Crises and Risks (1973-91) -- 8. "Before the Law" (1992- ) -- Part V: Further Debates -- 9. Broader Perspectives-Luhmann, Habermas, Foucault, and Bourdieu -- Epilogue: Habermas's Limitations to Secularization (2019) -- Notes -- Reference List -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 407 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 0231550073 |