Deconstructing Habermas /

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Author / Creator:Thomassen, Lasse.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 186 pages)
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 51
Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 51.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12012860
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ISBN:9781134236923
1134236921
9780415360548
0415360544
1283587106
9781283587105
9786613899552
6613899550
0203008286
9780203008287
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
English.
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Summary:This book is the first book-length deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas's work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil disobedience.The war in Iraq brought Habermas and Derrida together in defense of international law and in favor of a bigger role for a united Europe in international affairs. Yet, despite the rapprochement between Habermas and Derrida in the years prior to Derrida's death, important.
Other form:Print version: Thomassen, Lasse. Deconstructing Habermas. New York : Routledge, ©2008 9780415360548