The Habermas-Luhmann debate - Harste, Gorm (New York : Columbia University Press, 2021)
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)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-395) and index
Keywords: Habermas, Jürgen; Luhmann, Niklas, -- 1927-1998; Political science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History; Social sciences -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History; Communication -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History; Critical theory