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Habermas: A Very Short Introduction

Gordon Finlayson

Price: £7.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-284095-0
Publication date: 26 May 2005
184 pages, 15 b/w illus., 174x111 mm
Series: Very Short Introductions
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  • Provides a completely up to date and much-needed entry into the long and forbiddingly technical works of the most influential German philosopher alive today
  • Covers Habermas's influence on a wide variety of fields, including philosophy, political and social theory, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies
  • Explains how Habermas's ideas are applied to present day social and political situations
  • Unlike other writings on Habermas, this explains his intellectual framework and technical vocabulary rather than simply adopting it
This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union.
Gordon Finlayson provides readers with a clear and readable overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using concrete examples and accessible language. He then goes on to analyse both the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its more concrete applications in the fields of ethics, politics, and law; and concludes with an examination how Habermas's social and political theory informs his writing on contemporary, political, and social problems.

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