Understanding Habermas : communicative action and deliberative democracy /

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar, 1955-

Understanding Habermas : communicative action and deliberative democracy / Erik Oddvar Eriksen and Jarle Weigard. - vii, 292 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Action Theory and Social Theory -- Rationality and action -- The communicative concept of action -- Discourse ethics -- System and lifeworld -- Law and Politics in a Discourse-Theoretical Perspective -- Towards a deliberative model of democracy -- The legitimacy of law -- A political process model -- Public opinion formation and rational politics -- Communicative design -- A world domestic policy -- Synthesising remarks -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of persons. 1.. Part 1. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. Part 2. 6.. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10.. 11..

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Habermas, Jürgen


Sociology--Philosophy
Political science--Philosophy

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