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phd:book-journals:communicative-action [2020/02/27 16:23]
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phd:book-journals:communicative-action [2020/03/30 12:15]
avnerus [Concluding Reflections: From Parsons via Weber to Marx]
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-Only with the conceptual framework of communicative action do we gain a perspective from which the process of societal+//"Only with the conceptual framework of communicative action do we gain a perspective from which the process of societal
 rationalization appears as contradictory from the start. ​ rationalization appears as contradictory from the start. ​
 The contradiction arises between, on the one hand, a rationalization of everyday communication that is tied to the The contradiction arises between, on the one hand, a rationalization of everyday communication that is tied to the
 structures of inter-subjectivity of the lifeworld, in which language counts as the genuine and irreplaceable medium structures of inter-subjectivity of the lifeworld, in which language counts as the genuine and irreplaceable medium
 of reaching understanding,​ and, on the other hand, the growing complexity of subsystems of reaching understanding,​ and, on the other hand, the growing complexity of subsystems
-of purposive-rational action, in which actions are coordinated through steering media such as money and power.+of purposive-rational action, in which actions are coordinated through steering media such as money and power."//
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 In Volume II Habermas will develop a communicative theory of rationality,​ that decentralizes the focus from studies of consciousness and instrumental reason, to a rationality that is developed through communication,​ reaching understanding and agreement, and under the effect of steering media such as money and power. ​ In Volume II Habermas will develop a communicative theory of rationality,​ that decentralizes the focus from studies of consciousness and instrumental reason, to a rationality that is developed through communication,​ reaching understanding and agreement, and under the effect of steering media such as money and power. ​
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 +===== Volume two =====
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 +==== Concluding Reflections:​ From Parsons via Weber to Marx ====
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 +After analyzing society through new paradigms of system'​s theory, Habermas goes back to Weber'​s reflection on rationalization and the loss of freedom and meaning - moving from Weber'​s //purposive rationality//​ to //'​action oriented to mutual understanding',​ '​symbolically
 +structured lifeworld',​ and '​communicative rationality'​.//​
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