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Index
Cover
Key Contemporary Thinkers Series
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Roots of Habermas’s Thought
The public sphere
Theory and practice
2 Scientism in Theory and Practice
The logic of the social sciences
Knowledge and human interests
Second thoughts
Habermas’s early work in retrospect
3 Communication and Discourse Ethics
Universal pragmatics
Moral competence and discourse ethics
4 Social Evolution and Legitimation
Social evolution
Legitimation
5 Rational Action and Societal Rationalization
Rationality of action
Societal rationalization
6 The Colonization of the Lifeworld
Reconceptualizing the lifeworld
The uncoupling of system and lifeworld
The tasks of critical theory
7 The Theory of Communicative Action: An Assessment
8 Modernity and Philosophy
The philosophical discourse of modernity
Beyond metaphysics
9 Law and the State
10 Two Kinds of ‘Post’
Conclusion: Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory
Bibliography
Index
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