The Theory Communicative Action, Vol. 2

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by Jurgen Habermas,

Translated by Thomas McCarthy

Beacon Press

Due/Published September 1989, 468 pages, paper

ISBN 080701401x

Jurgen Habermas opens volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, 'system' and 'lifeworld.' The strength of this combination is then demonstrated in a detailed critique of Parsons's theory of social systems.