Book: The Theory Of Communicative Action: Lifeworld And System : A Critique Of Functionalist Reason( Volume 002 ) Jurgen Habermas opens volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, 'system' and 'lifeworld.' The strength of this combination is then demonstrated in a detailed critique of Parsons's theory of social systems.
"One of the broadest, most comprehensive, elaborate and intensely theoretical works in social theory. Social theory and philosophy may never be the same again." (Philosophy and Social Criticism)
Details of Book: The Theory Of Communicative Action: Lifeworld And System : A Critique Of Functionalist Reason( Volume 002 ) Book: The Theory Of Communicative Action: Lifeworld And System : A Critique Of Functionalist Reason( Volume 002 )
Author: Jurgen Habermas, Thomas Mccarthy
ISBN: 080701401X
ISBN-13: 9780807014011
, 978-0807014011
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 1985/03/01
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language: English