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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 his aesthetics he attempts to show what hte work of art owes to the power of mimesis to unlock, to open up. But the rational core of mimetic achievements can be laid open only if we give | In his aesthetics he attempts to show what hte work of art owes to the power of mimesis to unlock, to open up. But the rational core of mimetic achievements can be laid open only if we give | ||
| up the paradigm of the philosophy of consciousness—namely, a subject that represents objects and toils with them—in favor of the paradigm of linguistic philosophy—namely, that of intersubjective understanding or communication—and puts the cognitive-instrumental aspect of reason in its proper place as part of a more encompassing **communicative rationality**.// | up the paradigm of the philosophy of consciousness—namely, a subject that represents objects and toils with them—in favor of the paradigm of linguistic philosophy—namely, that of intersubjective understanding or communication—and puts the cognitive-instrumental aspect of reason in its proper place as part of a more encompassing **communicative rationality**.// | ||
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| + | Adorno: | ||
| + | //"The state of reconciliation would not annex what is unfamiliar or alien with philosophical imperialism; instead, it would find its happiness in the fact that the latter, in the closeness allowed, remains something distant and different, something that is beyond being either heterogeneous or proper." **(This reminds of Simone Weil)**// | ||
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| + | There is a reference to the theory of reflection and self-consciousness by Henrich, and a critique of it by Tugendhat who exposes its circularity - **Much like Merleau-Ponty's critique of the theories of reflection on //The Visible and the Invisible//**. Thus consciousness is unable to address itself 'naturally' only as an object, as in the theories of instrumental reason and self preservation. | ||
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| + | //"A subjectivity that is characterized by communicative reason resists the denaturing of the self for the sake of self-preservation. Unlike instrumental reason, communicative reason cannot be subsumed without resistance under a blind self-preservation. It refers neither to a subject that preserves itself in relating to objects via representation and action, nor to a self-maintaining system that demarcates itself from an environment, but to a symbolically structured lifeworld that is constituted in the interpretive accomplishments of is members and only reproduced through communication. Thus communicative reason does not simply encounter ready-made subjects and systems; rather, it takes part in structuring what is to be preserved . The Utopian perspective of reconciliation and freedom is ingrained in the conditions for the communicative sociation of individuals; it is built into the linguistic mechanism of the reproduction of the species." // | ||
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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. | ||
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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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| + | //Then we could analyze the rationali- | ||
| + | zation of action systems not only under the cognitive-instrumental aspect, but by bringing in moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive aspects | ||
| + | across the whole spectrum.// | ||
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