The Theory of Communicative Action

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The Theory of Communicative Action is Jürgen Habermas’s major two-volume work of social theory that develops a comprehensive account of rational communication as the basis for understanding society, democracy, and modernity.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
work of social theory ⓘ
aimsTo ground democracy in rational communication ⓘ
provide a comprehensive theory of society based on communication ⓘ
author Jürgen Habermas ⓘ
centralThesis modern societies are characterized by tensions between lifeworld and system ⓘ
social integration is achieved through communicative action oriented toward mutual understanding ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
criticizes functionalism in sociology ⓘ
instrumental rationality ⓘ
field critical theory ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
hasPart analysis of modernity ⓘ
critique of functionalist reason ⓘ
reconstruction of social action theory ⓘ
theory of communicative rationality ⓘ
influencedBy Frankfurt School ⓘ
George Herbert Mead ⓘ
J. L. Austin ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Karl-Otto Apel ⓘ
linked to: Rainer Forst

Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
Max Weber ⓘ
Talcott Parsons ⓘ
Émile Durkheim ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainConcept colonization of the lifeworld ⓘ
communicative action ⓘ
communicative rationality ⓘ
discourse ethics ⓘ
ideal speech situation ⓘ
lifeworld ⓘ
system ⓘ
validity claims ⓘ
originalTitle Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns ⓘ
publicationForm two-volume work ⓘ
publicationYear 1981 ⓘ
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
relatedWork Between Facts and Norms ⓘ
Knowledge and Human Interests ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation critical theory of society ⓘ
neo-Kantian ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Kantianism

post-Marxist ⓘ
volume Volume 1: Reason and the Rationalization of Society ⓘ
Volume 2: Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason ⓘ

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