These 11 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists take up the philosophical aspects of J?rgen Habermas's unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. They range in subject matter from classical problems to contemporary debates, covering historical perspectives, theoretical issues, and post-enlightenment challenges. A companion volume of essays will take up the cultural and political aspects of the work. Together, the two volumes underscore the richness and variety of Habermas's project.Contributors: Karl-Otto Apel. Richard J. Bernstein. Peter B?rger. Martin Jay. Thomas McCarthy. Herbert Schn?delbach. Charles Taylor. Michael Theunissen. Ernst Tugendhat. Albrecht Wellmer.
Author(s): Axel Honneth, Thomas McCarthy, Claus Offe, Albrecht Wellmer
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 364
Front Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
I HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 10
1 Metaphysics' Forgetfulness of Time: On the Controversy over Parmenides, Frag. 8, 5......Page 11
2 The Origins of the Theory of the Subject......Page 37
3 Inwardness and the Culture of Modernity......Page 96
II THEORETICAL ISSUES......Page 119
4 Reflections on Philosophical Method from an Analytic Point of View......Page 120
5 Normatively Grounding "Critical Theory" through Recourse to the Lifeworld? A Transcendental-Pragmatic Attempt to Think with Habermas against Habermas......Page 132
6 What Is a Pragmatic Theory of Meaning? Variations on the Proposition "We Understand a Speech Act When We Know What Makes It Acceptable."......Page 178
7 Art and Rationality: On the Dialectic of Symbolic and Allegorical Form......Page 227
III POSTENLIGHTENMENT CHALLENGES......Page 245
8 Philosophy and Social Practice:Avoiding the Ethnocentric Predicament......Page 246
9 The Debate over Performative Contradiction: Habermas versus the Poststructuralists......Page 266
10 Foucault: Critique as a Philosophical Ethos......Page 285
11 The Face in the Sand: Foucault and the Anthropological Slumber......Page 316
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 346
INDEX......Page 348
