Toward a Rational Society: Student Protest, Science, and

Toward a Rational Society: Student Protest, Science, and Politics
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Knowledge, communication, action â€“ These are the concepts central to all of Habermas's thought. As a philosopher, he is concerned with the rational connections of these concepts. As a sociologist, he is prepared to analyze with care the distortions of human interactions caused by existing social and political institutions.Â
In a series of connected essays, the author assesses the function of the contemporary university, and sharply analyzes contemporary students and their political efforts.
HeÂ then brilliantly analyzes as a communications model the relationships between research institutes and the political agencies which employ them. The book concludes with a complex discussion of technology and science as an "ideology," dedicated to Herbert Marcuse.
Critical parts of Marcuse's thought, Habermas dissects contemporary democratic dialogue and offers an important preliminary sketch of a general theory of social evolution.Â
He analyzes the difference between the technological sphere of control and the practical sphere of communication and interaction as the basic feature of human social life, and explains how and why the predominance of the technological sphere is the distinguishing and alienating characteristic of advanced industrial society. The concepts of depoliticization and the freeing of communication emerge as the crux of today's political situation.Â
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780807041772
Color Blue
ReleaseDate 1971-08-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 046442041775
EANs 9780807041772

Country	USA
Brand	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780807041772
Color	Blue
ReleaseDate	1971-08-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	046442041775
EANs	9780807041772

Toward a Rational Society: Student Protest, Science, and Politics

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