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Habermas

Critical Debates

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  • © 1982
  • Latest edition

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Editors:
  1. John B. Thompson

    1. Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

  2. David Held

    1. University of York, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Editors’ Introduction

    • John B. Thompson, David Held
    Pages 1-20

  3. Habermas and Marxism

    • Agnes Heller
    Pages 21-41

  4. Habermas’s Concept of Critical Theory

    • Rüdiger Bubner
    Pages 42-56

  5. Rationality and Relativism: Habermas’s ‘Overcoming’ of Hermeneutics

    • Thomas McCarthy
    Pages 57-78

  6. Cognitive Interests and Self-Reflection

    • Henning Ottmann
    Pages 79-97

  7. Science and Objectivity

    • Mary Hesse
    Pages 98-115

  8. Universal Pragmatics

    • John B. Thompson
    Pages 116-133

  9. Of Gods and Demons: Habermas and Practical Reason

    • Steven Lukes
    Pages 134-148

  10. Labour and Interaction

    • Anthony Giddens
    Pages 149-161

  11. Habermas’s Theory of Social Evolution

    • Michael Schmid
    Pages 162-180

  12. Crisis Tendencies, Legitimation and the State

    • David Held
    Pages 181-195

  13. Critical Sociology and Authoritarian State Socialism

    • Andrew Arato
    Pages 196-218

  14. A Reply to my Critics

    • Jürgen Habermas
    Pages 219-283

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 284-324
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

    John B. Thompson

  • University of York, UK

    David Held

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Habermas

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Debates

  • Editors: John B. Thompson, David Held

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16763-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 324

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Philosophy

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