Theory and Practice
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
9 March 1988
Summary
Theory and Practice is one of Habermas’s major works and is widely recognized as a classic in contemporary and social and political theory. Through a series of highly original historical studies, Habermas reexamines the relations between philosophy, science and politics. Beginning with the classical doctrine of politics as developed by Aristotle, he traces the changing constellation of theory and practice through the work of Machiavelli, More, Hobbes, Hegel and Marx. He argues that, with the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807015278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 080701527X |
| Author: | Jurgen Habermas, Juergen Habermas |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press (MA) |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 1988 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 137mm x 216mm |
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“For almost twenty years now Juergen Habermas has been perhaps the most consistently (as distinct from fashionably) influential thinker in the philosophy of the social sciences and in the area or socially oriented philosophies” - Times Literary Supplement “It is not altogether easy to assess the work of a scholar whose professional competence extends from the logic of science to the sociology of knowledge, by way of Marx, Hegel, and the more recondite sourse of European metaphysical tradition … At an age when most of his colleagues have painfully established control over one corner of the field, he has made himself the master of the whole, in depth and breadth alike.” - George Lichtheim
“Strongly recommended for students of philosophy and social thought.” - Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Jurgen Habermas
Jurgen Habermas is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He was recently awarded the 2004 Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy by the Inamori Foundation. The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honor those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.
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