The Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 1
Douban
Reason and the Rationalization of Society
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns
Jürgen Habermas translator: Thomas McCarthy
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A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themse which have preoccupied Habermas for thirty years. --Times Literary Supplement
