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Habermas between Critical Theory and Liberalism

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Authors:
  1. Kire Sharlamanov

    1. Strumica, North Macedonia

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  • Offers a fresh look at the thought of one of the most significant intellectuals in the last few decades
  • Examines Habermas's work within the framework of the influence of critical theory and liberalism
  • Provides a systematic analysis of Habermas's theoretical oeuvre both chronologically and thematically

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Basic Characteristics of Habermas’s Theoretical Oeuvre

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Attitude to the Critical Theory

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 27-56

  4. The Attitude to Marxism

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 57-84

  5. The Public Sphere

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 85-114

  6. The Communicative Action

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 115-148

  7. Discursive Ethics (of Morality)

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 149-181

  8. Discursive Theory of Democracy

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    Pages 183-211

  9. Discursive Theory of Law

    • Kire Sharlamanov
    Pages 213-243

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 245-259
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About this book

This book identifies the turning points in Habermas's work and his transition from one stage to another in the development of his theoretical oeuvre. Habermas began his academic career as part of the Frankfurt School, but the two key points at which his career changes trajectory are moving from historical materialism to normative idealism and playing with some of the ideas of liberalism. Normative idealism is an ahistorical theory that insists on the independence of the normative from material reality, severing the connection between base and superstructure that Marx wrote about. The break with the basic concepts of Marxism enabled Habermas to build his own discursive (critical) theory, which, especially since the end of the 1980s, takes the ideas of liberalism seriously. This book makes a systematic, multidimensional and detailed analysis of Habermas's theoretical oeuvre in two dimensions, chronological (in the order in which Habermas worked on certain topics) and thematic (enclosingcertain thematic units).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Strumica, North Macedonia

    Kire Sharlamanov

About the author

Kire Sharlamanov is Full Professor of Sociology at the International Balkan University, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. His specialty is in the field of political sociology. He is the author of several books and articles in the field of sociology. In 2022 Kire Sharlamanov was president of the Association of Sociologists of Macedonia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Habermas between Critical Theory and Liberalism

  • Authors: Kire Sharlamanov

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53938-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53937-4Published: 05 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53940-4Due: 15 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53938-1Published: 04 March 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 259

  • Topics: Sociological Theory, Critical Theory, Political Philosophy, Pragmatism

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