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portada the critique of instrumental reason from weber to habermas
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.4 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN
1441124551
ISBN13
9781441124555
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the critique of instrumental reason from weber to habermas

Darrow Schecter (Author) · Continuum · Paperback

the critique of instrumental reason from weber to habermas - Schecter, Darrow

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Synopsis "the critique of instrumental reason from weber to habermas"

What different kinds of reason are possible, and which ones are the most appropriate for a legitimate, as opposed to a merely legitimated state? The book opens with an analysis of Weber as a figure who marks a key moment of sociological transition. Weber articulates a distinctly different view to Enlightenment thinkers who believe in the capacity of reason to improve society and emancipate humanity from ignorance and domination. Weber signals that the institutionalization of the instrumental reason particular to industrial society might actually be an effective tool in the struggle for social supremacy. He notes that in comparison with charismatic and traditional legitimation, modern forms of legal-rational legitimation are de-personalised, anonymously bureaucratic, and much more difficult to combat. The book then looks at various responses to Weber's diagnosis, from Lukács and Benjamin to Horkheimer, Adorno, Heidegger, Arendt, Simmel, Foucault and Habermas. The study culminates with a sociological reading of critical theory that draws together Adorno's concept of non-identity with Habermas on communicative reason and Luhmann on social complexity and differentiation.

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