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abermas and ontemporary H C ociety S This page intentionally left blank abermas and H ontemporary ociety C S John F. Sitton HABERMASANDCONTEMPORARYSOCIETY © John F.Sitton,2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 978-1-4039-6192-1 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-4039-6193-8 ISBN 978-1-4039-8149-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403981493 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sitton,John F.,1952– Habermas and contemporary society/John F.Sitton. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1.Frankfurt school of sociology.2.Habermas,Jérgen.3.Critical theory. I.Title. HM467.S58 2003 301—dc21 2002044970 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:August 2003 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Irene, Junior, and Liz, and for our late brother Chuck This page intentionally left blank ontents C Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1. Weber and Modernity 1 2. Weber and Western Marxism 21 3. Rationality and Communicative Action 41 4. Society as Lifeworld and System 61 5. Social Conflict and Progressive Politics 81 6. Contested Terrain: Language, Art, and Gender 99 7. The Limitations of Habermas’s Social and Political Argument 121 8. Habermas and the Politics of the Twenty-First Century 141 Notes 159 Works Cited 183 Index 191 This page intentionally left blank cknowledgments A T he preliminary research for this book was accomplished during a sabbatical granted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the Fall of 1994. I would like to thank the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sabbatical Committee for its encouragement. Parts of chapters 5, 7, and 8 were previously published as “Disembodied Capitalism: Habermas’s Conception of the Economy,” Sociological Forum Volume 13, Number 1 (March 1998): pp. 61–83. I thank the University Senate Grant Committee for a summer grant in 1995 that supported the work for the article. Finally, other parts of chapters 5, 7, and 8 were also aided by a different summer grant in 1996 from the University Senate Grant Committee. Again, without the diligent and time-consuming efforts by these university committees, such work would not be possible.
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