Rethinking the Communicative Turn: Adorno, Habermas, and the Problem of Communicative Freedom
Language: English
Communication Studies Democracy History & Surveys History & Theory Language Arts & Disciplines Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945) Philosophy Political Political Ideologies Political Science Social Science Sociology
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: Jan 10, 2001
Description:
Contrasting aesthetic versus linguistic centered visions for critical theory and the analysis of contemporary democratic theory and society, Martin Morris draws special attention to the concept of communicative freedom. He problematizes the paradigm shift within critical theory from the philosophy of the subject to the communicative action theory championed by Jürgen Habermas by opposing Habermass reconstruction of critical theory to that of Theodor W. Adorno.