The Theory of Communicative Action

Name: The Theory of Communicative Action
Author: Jürgen Habermas

by Jürgen Habermas

Theory of communicative rationality and ideal speech situations

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Jürgen Habermas

Germany's most influential living philosopher, Habermas developed a theory of communicative action grounding democratic legitimacy in rational discourse. The Theory of Communicative Action is his major work; his concept of the public sphere has been enormously productive across the social sciences. He is the inheritor of the Frankfurt School tradition.

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