Habermas, Lyotard and the Concept of Justice

Informationen zum Autor STANLEY RAFFEL Klappentext Habermas' recent work makes a major claim: to be able to determine what is the most rational thing to do. Postmodernists, notably Lyotard, have perhaps successfully belittled this claim as too positivistic. This book does not dispute the validity of the postmodern critique but it is concerned to resist the irrationality which, thus far, seems to coincide with anti-positivism. The author looks at the concept of justice, as one that is both essential to Habermas and Lyotard but is also utilized in their work only in constricted and unimaginative ways. Zusammenfassung Habermas' recent work makes a major claim: to be able to determine what is the most rational thing to do. The author looks at the concept of justice! as one that is both essential to Habermas and Lyotard but is also utilized in their work only in constricted and unimaginative ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements - Introduction - Habermas - Lyotard - Justice

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Acknowledgements - Introduction - Habermas - Lyotard - Justice

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• Authors: S Raffel, S. Raffel, Stanley Raffel, Raffel S.
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.1992
• EAN: 9780333473238
• ISBN: 978-0-333-47323-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society; Text and Performance; Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society; Edinburgh Studies in Culture a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology