Western Civilization and Its Problems

A Dialogue Between Weber, Elias and Habermas

Kit-Man Li (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

299 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-36996-2 (ISBN)

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First published in 1999, this volume represents Kit-Man Li’s attempt to wrestle with the complicated issues and ideas drawn from Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Weber’s studies of western civilization and Elias’ insights on sociological theory in order to refine our understanding of modern Western civilization.

First published in 1999, this volume represents Kit-Man Li’s attempt to wrestle with the complicated issues and ideas drawn from Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Weber’s studies of western civilization and Elias’ insights on sociological theory. Li examines Weber, Habermas and Elias in turn in order to refine our understanding of modern Western civilization.

Kit-Man Li

1. Introduction. 2. Weber’s Account of Western Civilization I: Capitalism, the State and the Law. 3. Weber’s Account of Western Civilization II: Culture and Values. 4. Elias’s Account of Western Civilization. 5. Elias and Modern Human Conditions. 6. Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action. 7. Habermas’s Conceptual Distinctions and His Critique of Capitalist Modernization. 8. Theory Validation and Evaluation: The Case of Western Civilization.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2020
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 219 mm
Gewicht	570 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-138-36996-9 / 1138369969
ISBN-13	978-1-138-36996-2 / 9781138369962
Zustand	Neuware