The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason by Jürgen Habermas

The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason

Jürgen Habermas with Thomas McCarthy (Translator)

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nonfiction history philosophy sociology

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Juergen Habermas opens Volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, system and lifeworld. The strength of this combination is then demons...

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