Habermas

Author: (British) Stephen K. White, United Kingdom
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Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Habermas is a collection of essays on Habermas research. However, it has a clear and unique academic perspective and editorial thread. Each article in this book is written by high-level research experts from the West, with a special focus on the three important concepts of "rationality, modernity, and democracy." These concepts are explicitly positioned as three core issues of modern society, highlighting the modern approach of Habermas's social theory. At the same time, Habermas's thoughts are elaborated from several important aspects, including "Theoretical Background and Context," "Communicative Rationality: The Scientific and Ethical Implications in a Social Sense," "Discursive Democracy," and "Defending Modernity." The overall structure of the book emphasizes the scientific and ethical (i.e., fact and norm) issues related to Habermas's communicative conception of rationality, as well as the discursive characteristics of modern democracy.
Cambridge Philosophical Studies is a series of academic reference books published by Cambridge University Press in the 1990s. As the original editor of the book stated: "One of the purposes of this series is to help readers overcome their fear of difficult and challenging philosophical works." For non-professional readers and students interested in philosophy, this series provides the most authoritative and convenient guidance; experts and in-depth researchers can use it to get an overview of the latest developments in various critical interpretations. Shanghai Joint Publishing House has introduced and published the Cambridge Philosophical Studies in its original English version, aiming to facilitate domestic readers and researchers. It is hoped that this research guide will help China's reading community grasp academic trends and broaden their intellectual horizons. This book is one of the volumes in the Cambridge Philosophical Studies.