Jürgen Habermas, Thomas McCarthy-Reason and the Rationalization of Society



(The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol. 1)
Jürgen Habermas, Thomas McCarthy-Reason and the Rationalization of Society
Beacon Press (1985)
Format PDF  2.25 MB
Pages 505

Volume 1: Reason and the Rationalization of Society
Translator's Introduction v
Author's Preface
I. Introduction: Approaches to the Problem of Rationality 1
1. "Rationality"—A Preliminary Specification 8
2. Some Characteristics of the Mythical and the Modern Ways of Understanding the World 43
3. Relations to the World and Aspects of Rationality in Four Sociological Concepts of Action 75
4. The Problem of Understanding Meaning in the Social Sciences 102
II. Max Weber's Theory of Rationalization 143
1. Occidental Rationalism 157
2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern
Structures of Consciousness 186
3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic 216
4. The Rationalization of Law Weber's Diagnosis of the Times 243
III. Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and Communication 273
IV. From Lukacs to Adorno: Rationalization as Reification 339
1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism 345
2. The Critique of Instrumental Reason 366
Notes 403
Index 459

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