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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| Communication and the Evolution of Society canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| argues |
that communicative action underlies social coordination
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that language has a constitutive role in society ⓘ that social evolution is linked to structures of communication ⓘ |
| author | Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
communicative rationality
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discourse ethics ⓘ evolutionary social theory ⓘ universal pragmatics ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Frankfurt School critical theory
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normative political theory ⓘ theory of modernity ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions of rational communication
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normative foundations of modern society ⓘ role of communication in social change ⓘ role of language in social integration ⓘ |
| field |
communication theory
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critical theory ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasReception |
important in debates on modernity and rationality
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influential in communication studies ⓘ widely discussed in social theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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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
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The Theory of Communicative Action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | theory of communicative action ⓘ |
| topic |
communicative action
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language ⓘ legitimation ⓘ modern society ⓘ public sphere ⓘ rationality ⓘ social evolution ⓘ social integration ⓘ system and lifeworld ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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