Emancipation and Illusion: Rationality and Gender in Habermas's Theory of Modernity

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Penn State Press, 1997 - 243 Seiten
In this comprehensive analysis of Jurgen Habermas's philosophy and social theory, Marie Fleming takes strong issue with Habermas over his understanding of rationality and the lifeworld, emancipation, history, and gender.
The point of Fleming's critique of Habermas is not to dispute universalism, but to build on the key universalist principles of inclusiveness and equality. Her intention is to show that Habermas's theory of modernity is so structured that it cannot achieve its universalist aims. Contending that his theory is not universalist enough, she claims that universalism has to be reconceived as a radical, critical, and historical project.

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Critique of Reason
15
The Emancipatory Interest
36
Objectivity and Universality
55
The Problem of Gender
85
Gender and Communication
104
The Lifeworld Concept
131
PART THREE
151
Selected Bibliography
227
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Marie Fleming is Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. She is the author of The Geography of Freedom: The Odyssey of &Élis&ée Reclus.

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