Summary
Overview
Key Readings
This is the first systematic assessment of the work of Jrgen Habermas – the key theorist of the later Frankfurt School, whose writing has had a major impact on social theory and sociology. These four volumes comprise the key secondary literature on Habermas. Edited by David Rasmussen and James Swindal, leading commentators on Habermas's work, this will be the standard reference work on one of the canonical theorists of the 20th century.
VOLUME ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF HABERMAS'S PROJECT
Habermas as a Critical Theorist \ Habermas, Hermeneutics and Critical Theory \ The Modernity/Postmodernity Debate
VOLUME TWO: LAW AND POLITICS
Law and Democratic Theory \ The Public Sphere \ Culture and Society
VOLUME THREE: ETHICS
Discourse Ethics \ Rethinking Discourse Ethics \ Autonomy and Authenticity
VOLUME FOUR: COMMUNICATIVE RATIONALITY, FORMAL PRAGMATICS, SPEECH ACT ...
Editors' Introduction
Part One: The Foundations of the Habermas Project
In this volume we use the term ‘foundations’ in a somewhat expansive way to cover the secondary literature that begins with Habermas's early development as Adorno's assistant and ends with his reflections on the nature of modernity. It includes his development of the theory of communicative action as well as his reflective movement from the philosophy of consciousness to the philosophy of language. If we were to take one theme that sums up this volume it is Habermas's development as a critical theorist in relationship to the prior development of critical theory. Hence, the first section considers that theme exclusively while the later sections on hermeneutics and critical theory, communicative action, and the modernity/post-modernity ...
Table of Contents
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Volume I
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The Foundations of Habermas's Project
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Habermas as a Critical Theorist
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1. The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas
Thomas McCarthy
1978
The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas
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2. Empirico-Analytical and Critical Social Science
Albrecht Wellmer
1971
Critical Theory of Society
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3. Paradigm-Core and Theory-Dynamics in Critical Social Theory: People and Programs
Hauke Brunkhorst
1998
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Rolf Wiggershaus
1994
The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories, and Political Significance
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Habermas, Hermeneutics and Critical Theory
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5. Hermeneutics and Social Science
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1975
Cultural Hermeneutics
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6. Ethics and Culture: Habermas and Gadamer in Dialogue
Paul Ricoeur
1973
Philosophy Today
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7. The Modernist Left: Habermas's Critique of Gadamer I
Ingrid Scheibler
2000
Gadamer: Between Heidegger and Habermas
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8. Should Intellectual History Take a Linguistic Turn? Reflections on the Habermas–Gadamer Debate
Martin Jay
1982
Modern European Intellectual History: Reappraisals and New Perspectives
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9. Hermeneutics and the Critique of Ideology
Georgia Warnke
1987
Gadamer: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason
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Communicative Action
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10. Habermas on Communicative Action
Ernst Tugendhat
1985
Social Action
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11. Communicative Action and Philosophy: Reflections on Habermas' Theorie des Kommunikativen Handelns
David Rasmussen
1982
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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12. The Critique of Functionalist Reason
Seyla Benhabib
1986
Critique, Norm, and Utopia
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James Bohman
1985
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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14. Social Labor and Communicative Action
Marie Fleming
2000
Perspectives on Habermas
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15. Communication and Reconciliation: Habermas' Critique of Adorno
Axel Honneth
1979
Telos
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Volume II
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The Foundations of Habermas's Project
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The Modernity/Postmodernity Debate
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16. Introduction to Habermas and Modernity
Richard Bernstein
1985
Habermas and Modernity
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17. Hegel, Modernity, and Habermas
Robert Pippin
1991
Monist
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18. Deconstruction, Postmodernism and Philosophy: Habermas on Derrida
Christopher Norris
1996
Habermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity
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David Rasmussen
1990
Reading Habermas
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Law and Politics
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Law and Democratic Theory
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John Rawls
1995
The Journal of Philosophy
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21. How is Valid Law Possible? a Review of between Facts and Norms by Jürgen Habermas
David Rasmussen
1996
Habermas, Modernity and Law
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22. Critique of Habermas's Contribution to the Sociology of Law
Klaus Eder
1988
Law and Society Review
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23. Democracy and the Rechtsstaat: Habermas's Faktizität und Geltung
Kenneth Baynes
1995
The Cambridge Companion to Habermas
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24. Law in Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action
Mathieu Deflem
1996
Habermas, Modernity and Law
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25. Crisis Tendencies, Legitimation and the State
David Held
1982
Habermas: Critical Debates
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26. Dworkin, Habermas, and the CLS Movement on Moral Criticism in Law
David Ingram
1990
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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27. Hannah Arendt, Habermas and the Republican Tradition
Arne Vetlesen
1995
Vetlesen Philosophy and Social Criticism
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28. Between Radicalism and Resignation: Democratic Theory in Habermas's between Facts and Norms
William Scheuerman
1999
Habermas: A Critical Reader
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29. Habermas's Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: An Overview of the Argument
William Rehg
1996
Handbook of Critical Theory
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30. Jurisprudence and Validity
David Rasmussen
1996
Cardozo Law Review
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The Public Sphere
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31. The Globalization of the Public Sphere: Cosmopolitan Publicity and the Problem of Cultural Pluralism
James Bohman
1998
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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32. Practical Discourse: On the Relation of Morality to Politics
Thomas McCarthy
1992
Habermas and the Public Sphere
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33. Models of Public Space: Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition, and Jürgen Habermas
Seyla Benhabib
1992
Habermas and the Public Sphere
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34. From a Literary to a Political Public Sphere: Jürgen Habermas
Jean Cohen | Andrew Arato
1992
Civil Society and Political Theory
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Volume III
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Law and Politics
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Culture and Society
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35. Habermas, Derrida, and the Functions of Philosophy
Richard Rorty
1998
Truth and Progress
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36. Communicative Rationality and Cultural Values
Georgia Warnke
1995
The Cambridge Companion to Habermas
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37. The Metaphor of the Covenant in Habermas
Sander Griffioen
1991
Faith and Philosophy
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Feminism
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38. What's Critical About Critical Theory? the Case of Habermas and Gender
Nancy Fraser
1985
New German Critique
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39. The Cultural Foundations of Public Policy: A Comment on Georgia Warnke
Simone Chambers
2000
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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40. Feminism and Habermas' Discourse Ethics
Johanna Meehan
2000
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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41. The Politics of Vulnerability: On the Role of Idealization in Butler and Habermas
Barbara Fultner
1998
Philosophy Today
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Ethics
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Discourse Ethics
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42. The Communicative Paradigm in Moral Theory
Alessandro Ferrara
1996
Handbook of Critical Theory
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43. Discourse and the Moral Point of View: Deriving a Dialogical Principle of Universalization
William Rehg
1991
Inquiry
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44. Habermas' Communicative Ethics and the Development of Moral Consciousness
Stephen White
1984
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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45. Communicative Ethics and Current Controversies in Practical Philosophy
Seyla Benhabib
1990
The Communicative Ethics Controversy
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46. Discourse Ethics and Civil Society
Jean Cohen
1988
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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47. Habermas, Values, and the Rational, Internal Structure of Communication
Tony Couture
1993
Journal of Value Inquiry
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Rethinking Discourse Ethics
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48. The Formal Thought of Jürgen Habermas from the Perspective of a Universal Material Ethics
Enrique Dussel
2000
Perspectives on Habermas
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49. Discourse Ethics and Liberation Ethics: At the Boundaries of Moral Theory
Eduardo Mendieta
1995
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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50. Discourse Ethics and Ethical Realism: A Realist Realignment of Discourse Ethics
Felmon Davis
1994
European Journal of Philosophy
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51. The Limits and Possibilities of Communicative Ethics for Democratic Theory
David Ingram
1993
Political Theory
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Practical Reasoning
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52. Impartial Application of Moral and Legal Norms: A Contribution to Discourse Ethics
Klaus Günther
1988
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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53. Universalisms: Procedural, Contextualist and Prudential
Alessandro Ferrara
1990
Univeralism vs. Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in Ethics
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Karl-Otto Apel
1992
Philosophical Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment
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55. Intractable Conflicts and Moral Objectivity: A Dialogical, Problem-Based Approach
William Rehg
1999
Inquiry
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56. Communicative Competence and Normative Force
Jonathan Culler
1985
New German Critique
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57. MacIntyre and Habermas on Practical Reason
John Doody
1991
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
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Volume IV
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Ethics
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Autonomy and Authenticity
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58. The Ambiguity of Habermas's Notion of Generalizability
Alessandro Ferrara
1999
Justice and Judgment
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59. The Complexity of the Subject, Narrative Identity and the Modernity of the South
Carlos Thiebaut
1993
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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60. Habermas, Autonomy and the Identity of the Self
Maeve Cooke
1993
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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61. The Role of the will in Post-Conventional Personal Identity Formation
James Swindal
2002
The Role of the Will in Post-Conventional Personal Identity Formation
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62. Habermas's Reading of Kierkegaard: Notes From a Conversation
Martin Matustik
1991
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Epistemology and Truth
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Communicative Rationality
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63. The Lifeworld Background of Reflective Acceptability
James Swindal
1999
Reflection Revisited: Jürgen Habermas's Discursive Theory of Truth
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64. The Problem of Foundationalism in Habermas's Discourse Ethics
Joseph Heath
1995
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Martin Seel
1991
Communicative Action: Essays on Jürgen Habermas's “The Theory of Communicative Action”
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Charles Taylor
1991
Communicative Action: Essays on Jürgen Habermas's “The Theory of Communicative Action”
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Formal Pragmatics and Speech Act Theory
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67. Speech Acts and Validity Claims
Maeve Cooke
1994
Language and Reason: A Study of Habermas's Pragmatics
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68. The Unhappy Marriage of Hermeneutics and Functionalism
Hans Joas
1991
Communicative Action: Essays on Jürgen Habermas's “The Theory of Communicative Action”
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69. Is there Any Normative Claim Internal to Stating Facts?
Andreas Dorschel
1988
Communication and Cognition
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Nature, History and the Logic of Development
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70. On the Use and Abuse of Memory: Habermas, “Anamnestic Solidarity,” and the Historikerstreit
Max Pensky
1989
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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71. Habermas's Developmental Logic Thesis: Universal or Eurocentric?
David Owen
1998
Philosophy Today
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72. New Science, New Nature: The Habermas–Marcuse Debate Revisited
Steven Vogel
1991
Research in Philosophy and Technology
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73. Collective Learning: Habermas's Concessions and their Theoretical Implications
Piet Strydom
1987
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Truth
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Joseph Heath
1998
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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75. Rational Acceptability and Truth
Cristina Lafont
1999
The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy
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76. A Critique of Habermas's Consensus Theory of Truth
Alessandro Ferrara
1987
Philosophy and Social Criticism
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77. Habermas's Transformation of Truth Semantics
James Swindal
1999
Reflection Revisited: Jürgen Habermas's Discursive Theory of Truth
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78. Habermas' Consensus Theory of Truth
Mary Hesse
1980
Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science
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79. The Problems of a Consensus Theory of Truth
Nicholas Rescher
1993
Pluralism: Against the Demand for Consensus
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