Communication and the Evolution of Society
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Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
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| Communication and the Evolution of Society canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication and the Evolution of Society Context triple: [Thomas McCarthy, translatedWork, Communication and the Evolution of Society]
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Theory of Culture Change
Theory of Culture Change is an influential anthropological work that develops Julian Steward’s concept of cultural ecology, explaining how cultures adapt to their environmental and social contexts through multilinear evolution.
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The evolution of culture
"The evolution of culture" is a chapter that explores how cultural ideas and practices develop, spread, and transform over time through processes analogous to biological evolution.
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Toward Ethnographies of Communication
Toward Ethnographies of Communication is a foundational scholarly work in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics that helped establish the ethnography of communication as a key approach to studying language use in social context.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication and the Evolution of Society Target entity description: Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
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A.
Theory of Culture Change
Theory of Culture Change is an influential anthropological work that develops Julian Steward’s concept of cultural ecology, explaining how cultures adapt to their environmental and social contexts through multilinear evolution.
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B.
The evolution of culture
"The evolution of culture" is a chapter that explores how cultural ideas and practices develop, spread, and transform over time through processes analogous to biological evolution.
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C.
Toward Ethnographies of Communication
Toward Ethnographies of Communication is a foundational scholarly work in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics that helped establish the ethnography of communication as a key approach to studying language use in social context.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| argues |
that communicative action underlies social coordination
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that language has a constitutive role in society ⓘ that social evolution is linked to structures of communication ⓘ |
| author | Jürgen Habermas ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
communicative rationality
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discourse ethics ⓘ evolutionary social theory ⓘ universal pragmatics ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Frankfurt School critical theory
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linked to:
Critical theory
normative political theory ⓘ theory of modernity ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions of rational communication
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normative foundations of modern society ⓘ role of communication in social change ⓘ role of language in social integration ⓘ |
| field |
communication theory
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critical theory ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasReception |
important in debates on modernity and rationality
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influential in communication studies ⓘ widely discussed in social theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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George Herbert Mead ⓘ German idealism ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ linguistic turn ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Habermas's project of critical theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
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The Theory of Communicative Action ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | theory of communicative action ⓘ |
| topic |
communicative action
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language ⓘ legitimation ⓘ modern society ⓘ public sphere ⓘ rationality ⓘ social evolution ⓘ social integration ⓘ system and lifeworld ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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Subject: Communication and the Evolution of Society Description of subject: Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
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