Habermas and Literary Rationality - Aesthetics of Authenticity

Zusatztext "Colclasure's argument that literature raises claims that are not captured under Habermas' rubric of expressivity is undoubtedly right! and! to my mind! very important." - Johanna Meehan (Grinnell College)! Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Informationen zum Autor David L. Colclasure is an independent scholar who teaches and has published in the field of German Studies. Among his recent publications is his new translation of political essays by Immanuel Kant in a volume entitled Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace and History. Klappentext Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate that a specific, literary form of rationality inheres in literary practice and the public reception of literary works which provides a unique contribution to the political public sphere. Zusammenfassung Aims to retool Jurgen Habermas' theory of communicative action to provide a description of the role that literature plays in the political public sphere. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Theory of Communicative Action: A Synopsis 3: Literary Rationality and Communicative Reason 4: The Claim of Authenticity: Wolfgang Hilbig and the Novel "Ich" 5: Concluding Remark Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: David Colclasure, David L. Colclasure, David L. (Monterey Institute of Intern Colclasure, David L. (Monterey Institute of international Studies Colclasure, COLCLASURE DAVID L, Colclasure David L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.05.2010
• EAN: 9780415994712
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99471-2
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Contempor; Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / General, Social Theory, Society & culture: general, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: general, Society and culture: general