Habermas and Giddens on praxis and modernity : a constructive comparison /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Browne, Craig (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Anthem Press/Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2017.
Series:Key issues in modern sociology.
Subjects:
Habermas, Jürgen.
Giddens, Anthony.
Critical theory.
Civilization, Modern.
Postmodernism.
Théorie critique.
Postmodernisme.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Habermas' new paradigm of critical theory
  • Giddens' theory of structuration: an ontology of the social
  • Habermas on the institutionalizing of modernity: communicative rationality, lifeworld and system
  • Giddens on institutionalizing modernity: power and discontinuity
  • Intermediate reflections on social theory alternatives: contrasts and divisions
  • Globalization, the welfare state and social democracy
  • Deliberative politics, the democratizing of democracy and European cosmopolitanism.

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