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Emancipation and illusion : rationality and gender in Habermas's theory of modernity

Author: Marie Fleming, Ph. D.
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this comprehensive analysis of Jurgen Habermas's philosophy and social theory, Marie Fleming takes strong issue with Habermas over his understanding of rationality and the lifeworld, emancipation, history, and gender. The point of Fleming's critique of Habermas is not to dispute universalism, but to build on the key universalist principles of inclusiveness and equality. Her intention is to show that Habermas's  Read more...
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Fleming, Marie, Ph. D.
Emancipation and illusion.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1997
(OCoLC)644036563
Named Person: Jürgen Habermas; Jürgen Habermas
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marie Fleming, Ph. D.
ISBN: 027101654X 9780271016542 0271016558 9780271016559
OCLC Number: 35269950
Description: 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1. Rationality. 1. Critique of Reason. 2. The Emancipatory Interest. 3. Objectivity and Universality --
Pt. 2. Gender. 4. The Problem of Gender. 5. Gender and Communication. 6. The Lifeworld Concept --
Pt. 3. Communicative Action. 7. Truthfulness. 8. Art. 9. Intimacy.
Responsibility: by Marie Fleming.

Abstract:

In this comprehensive analysis of Jurgen Habermas's philosophy and social theory, Marie Fleming takes strong issue with Habermas over his understanding of rationality and the lifeworld, emancipation, history, and gender. The point of Fleming's critique of Habermas is not to dispute universalism, but to build on the key universalist principles of inclusiveness and equality. Her intention is to show that Habermas's theory of modernity is so structured that it cannot achieve its universalist aims. Contending that his theory is not universalist enough, she claims that universalism has to be reconceived as a radical, critical, and historical project.

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