Habermas Legitimation Crisis

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9415-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

In this enormously influential book, Jurgen Habermas examines thedeep tensions and crisis tendencies which underlie the developmentof contemporary Western societies and develops a powerful analysisof the legitimation problems faced by modern states.
Habermas argues that Western societies have succeeded to someextent in stabilizing the economic fluctuations associated withcapitalism, but this has created a new range of crisis tendencieswhich are expressed in other spheres. States intervene in economiclife and attempt to regulate markets, but they find themselvesconfronted by increasing and often conflicting demands. Asindividuals become increasingly disillusioned, the state is facedwith the possibility of a mass withdrawal of loyalty or support - a'legitimation crisis'.
Widely recognized as a classic of contemporary social andpolitical analysis, Legitimation Crisis sheds light on arange of issues which are central to current debates, from thedecline of class conflict and the disillusionment with establishedpolitical institutions to the crisis of the welfare state. Itremains essential reading for students of sociology, politics andthe social sciences generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Habermas, Jürgen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Introduction.
Preface.
Part I: A Social - Scientific Concept of Crisis:.
1. System and Life = World.
2. Some Constituents of Social Systems.
3. Illustration of Social Principles of Organization.
4. System Crisis Elucidated Through the Example of the.
Liberal-Capitalist Crisis Cycle.
Part II: Crisis Tendencies in Advanced Capitalism:.
1. A Descriptive Model of Advanced Capitalism.
2. Problems Resulting from Advanced - Capitalist Growth.
3. A Classification of Possible Crisis Tendencies.
4. Theorems of Economic Crisis.
5. Theorems of Rationality Crisis.
6. Theorems of Legitimation Crisis.
7. Theorems of Motivation Crisis.
8. A Backward Glance.
Part III: On the Logic of Legitimation Problems:.
1. Max Weber's Concept of Legitimation.
2. The Relation of Practical Questions to Truth.
3. The Model of the Suppression of Generalizable Interests.
4. The End of the Individual?.
5. Complexity and Democracy.
6. Partiality for Reason.
Notes.
Index.