Habermas: A Very Short Introduction by James Gordon Finlayson

Habermas: A Very Short Introduction by James Gordon Finlayson

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This book provides a clear and readable overview of the works of today's most influential German philosopher. It analyses the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its applications in ethics, politics, and law. Finally, it examines how his social and political theory informs his writing on contemporary, political, and social problems.

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Habermas: A Very Short Introduction by James Gordon Finlayson

This book provides a clear and readable overview of the works of today's most influential German philosopher. It analyses the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its applications in ethics, politics, and law. Finally, it examines how his social and political theory informs his writing on contemporary, political, and social problems.
James Gordon Finlayson is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex, and was previously Lecturer in Post-Kantian European Philosophy at York University. He has published widely on Habermas, and contributed to Habermas: A Critical Reader (Blackwell). He is the author of a forthcoming monograph on problems in Habermas's Discourse Ethics.
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ISBN 13 9780192840950
ISBN 10 0192840959
Title Habermas: A Very Short Introduction
Author James Gordon Finlayson
Series Very Short Introductions
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2005-05-26
Number of pages 192
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