Communication and the Evolution of Society

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Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.

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instanceOf book
argues that communicative action underlies social coordination
that language has a constitutive role in society
that social evolution is linked to structures of communication
author Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED
centralConcept communicative rationality
discourse ethics
evolutionary social theory
universal pragmatics
contributesTo Frankfurt School critical theory NERFINISHED
normative political theory
theory of modernity
examines conditions of rational communication
normative foundations of modern society
role of communication in social change
role of language in social integration
field communication theory
critical theory
philosophy of language
political theory
social philosophy
sociology
hasReception important in debates on modernity and rationality
influential in communication studies
widely discussed in social theory
influencedBy American pragmatism
George Herbert Mead NERFINISHED
German idealism
Karl Marx
Max Weber NERFINISHED
linguistic turn
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
mainLanguage German
partOf Habermas's project of critical theory
relatedWork The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere NERFINISHED
The Theory of Communicative Action NERFINISHED
theoreticalFramework theory of communicative action
topic communicative action
language
legitimation
modern society
public sphere
rationality
social evolution
social integration
system and lifeworld
translatedInto English

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Thomas McCarthy translatedWork Communication and the Evolution of Society