Description
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together Habermasa s key writings on language and communication. Including some classic texts as well as new material which is published here for the first time, this book is a detailed and up--to--date introduction to Habermasa s formal pragmatics, which is a vital aspect of his social theory.
Trade ReviewJürgen Habermas has been awarded the prestigious 'Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels' prize for 2001 "These new books by Habermas will be indispensable for years to come [and will] undoubtedly make provocative reading." Anthony Elliott, The Australian
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Maeve Cooke.
1. What is Universal Pragmatics? (1976).
2. Social Action, Purposive Activity, and Communication (1981).
3. Communicative Rationality and the Theories of Meaning and Action (1986).
4. Actions, Speech Acts, Linguistically Mediated Interactions, and the Lifeworld (1988).
5. Comments on John Searle's 'Meaning, Communication, and Representation' (1988).
6. Toward a Critique of the Theory of Meaning (1988).
7. Some Further Clarifications of the Concept of Communicative Rationality (1996).
8. Richard Rorty's Pragmatic Turn (1996).
9. On the Distinction between Poetic and Communicative Uses of Language (1985).
10. Questions and Counterquestions (1985).
Selected Bibliography and Further Reading.
Index.
