Habermas and contemporary society /
John F. Sitton.
- xv, 197 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.
Weber and Modernity -- Weber and Western Marxism -- Rationality and Communicative Action -- Society as Lifeworld and System -- Social Conflict and Progressive Politics -- Contested Terrain: Language, Art, and Gender -- The Limitations of Habermas's Social and Political Argument -- Habermas and the Politics of the Twenty-First Century. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
By marginalizing methodological and other more specialized theoretical concerns, this book focuses on Habermas' substantive portrayal of contemporary society and its discontents.