
The Bounds of Reason
Habermas, Lyotard and Melanie Klein on Rationality
Emilia Steuerman(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. November 1999
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-415-22267-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Bounds of Reason: Habermas, Lyotard & Melanie Klein on Rationality is a highly original yet accessible study of the debate between modernity and postmodernity. Emilia Steuerman clearly explains the modernity/postmodernity dispute by examining the problem that has driven the whole debate: whether the use of reason is an emancipatory or enslaving force.
Steuerman clearly sets out this debate by critically examining the arguments of two of its key proponents, Jurgen Habermas and Jean-Francois Lyotard. She clearly explains Habermas' defence of modernity and his attempt to salvage Enlightenment ideas of truth, justice, and freedom through the use of reason. She contrasts this with Lyotard's postmodernism and his scepticism about the use of reason, and its claims to universalism and objectivity. Throughout, Steuerman contrasts the Habermas-Lyotard debate with important insights from psychoanalytic theory, and shows how Habermas' notions of intersubjectivity and a community of shared language users can be compared and contrasted with Melanie Klein's theory of object relations.
Steuerman clearly sets out this debate by critically examining the arguments of two of its key proponents, Jurgen Habermas and Jean-Francois Lyotard. She clearly explains Habermas' defence of modernity and his attempt to salvage Enlightenment ideas of truth, justice, and freedom through the use of reason. She contrasts this with Lyotard's postmodernism and his scepticism about the use of reason, and its claims to universalism and objectivity. Throughout, Steuerman contrasts the Habermas-Lyotard debate with important insights from psychoanalytic theory, and shows how Habermas' notions of intersubjectivity and a community of shared language users can be compared and contrasted with Melanie Klein's theory of object relations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-22267-9 (9780415222679)
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Emilia Steuerman has lectured in philosophy and the social sciences at Brunel University and at the Catholic University of Rio de Janiero (PUC-RJ)
Content
1 The critique of reason: Habermas and Lyotard 2 Habermas's linguistic turn 3 Lyotard's linguistic turn 4 Freud and Klein 5 The move to ethics: Habermas 6 The move to ethics: Lyotard