Harste, Gorm,

The Habermas-Luhmann debate / Gorm Harste - ix, 407 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-395) and index

I. A debate unlike any other. Introduction -- The historical context of the debate -- II. Meaning, language and communication. How a debate takes off -- Intersubjectivity and lifeworld -- III. Between history and evolution. History and evolution : the initial debates -- Evolution and history : the harvest (1977-) -- IV. The debate on ligitimacy. Complexity and democracy (1968-71) -- Paradoxes of legitimacy : crises and risks (1973-91) --'Before the law' (1992-) -- V. Further debates. Broader perspectives : Luhmann, Habermas, Foucault, and Bourdieu -- Epilogue : Habermas' limitations to secularization (2019)

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Habermas, Jürgen
Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998


Political science--Philosophy--History--Europe
Social sciences--Philosophy--History--Europe
Communication--Social aspects--History--Europe
Critical theory