The Cambridge Companion to Habermas (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

Jurgen Habermas is unquestionably one of the foremost philosophers writing today. His notions of communicative action and rationality have exerted a profound influence within philosophy and the social sciences. This volume examines the historical and intellectual contexts out of which Habermas' work emerged, and offers an overview of his main ideas, including those in his most recent publication. Amongst the topics discussed are his relationship to the Frankfurt School of critical theory and Marx, his unique contributions to the philosophy of the social sciences, the concept of 'communicative ethics', and the critique of post-modernism. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Habermas currently available. Advanced students will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Habermas. (Source: [Cambridge University Press](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-habermas/3B448B1C9FEC698C747242C8E3618D84#fndtn-information)) This Volume Examines The Historical And Intellectual Contexts Out Of Which Habermas's Work Emerged. Reason, Modernity, And Democracy / Stephen K. White -- Identity And Difference In The Ethical Positions Of Adorno And Habermas / Romand Coles -- What's Left Of Marx? / Nancy S. Love -- Universalism And The Situated Critic / Max Pensky -- Critical Theory As A Research Program / John S. Dryzek -- Communicative Rationality And Cultural Values / Georgia Warnke -- Practical Discourse And Communicative Ethics / J. Donald Moon -- (cont.) The Self In Discursive Democracy / Mark E. Warren -- Democracy And The Rechtsstaat : Habermas's Faktizität Und Geltung / Kenneth Baynes -- Discourse And Democratic Practices / Simone Chambers -- Habermas's Significant Other / Tracy B. Strong, Frank Andreas Sposito -- The Other Of Justice : Habermas And The Ethical Challenge Of Postmodernism / Axel Honneth. Edited By Stephen K. White. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 325-340) And Index. List of contributors PART I. INTRODUCTION Reason, modernity, and democracy, STEPHEN K. WHITE PART II. HERITAGE AND CONTEXT Identity and difference in the ethical positions of Adorno and Habermas, ROMAND COLES What’s left of Marx? NANCY S. LOVE Universalism and the situated critic, MAX PENSKY PART III. COMMUNICATIVE RATIONALITY: SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS Critical theory as a research program, JOHN S. DRYZEK Communicative rationality and cultural values, GEORGIA WARNKE Practical discourse and communicative ethcs, J. DONALD MOON PART IV. DISCURSIVE DEMOCRACY The self in discursive democracy, MARK E. WARREN Democracy and the Rechtsstaat: Habermas’s Faktizitat und Geltung, KENNETH BAYNES Discourse and democratic practices, SIMONE CHAMBERS PART V. THE DEFENSE OF MODERNITY Habermas’s significant other, TRACY B. STRONG AND FRANK ANDREAS SPOSITO The other of justice: Habermas and the ethical challenge of postmodernism, AXEL HONNETH Select bibliography Index 1. Introduction Stephen White 2. The heritage: Habermas and Adorno Romand Coles What remains of Marx? Nancy Love 3. Communicative rationality: philosophical and social scientific implications The idea of communicative rationality Georgia Warnke Critical theory as a research programme John Dryzek 4. Normative democracy Practical discourse and communicatve ethics J. Donald Moon Rechtstheorie Kenneth Baynes Universalism and the situated critic Max Pensky 5. Democracy Democracy and self Mark Warren Discourse and democractic practices Simone Chambers 6. The defense of modernity Habermas' critique of Nietzsche and his progeny Tracy Strong Modernity and postmodernity Axel Honneth. This volume examines the historical and intellectual contexts out of which Habermas' work emerged, and offers an overview of his main ideas, including those in his most recent publication. Among the topics discussed are: his relationship to Marx and the Frankfurt School of critical theory, his unique contributions to the philosophy of social sciences, the concept of ''communicative ethics,'' and the critique of postmodernism. Particular attention is paid to Habermas' recent work on democratic theory and the constitutional state. Each volume of this series of companions contains commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists.