The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Frederick Lawrence, Jurgen Habermas, Thomas McCarthy
Publisher: Polity Press

The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity; Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. Try 'The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity', Jurgen Habermas …. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. Paul quigley Says: August 10th, 2011 at 8:39 am. From "The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity". <>The obvious starting point for the analysis of the Habermas – Derrida debate is Habermas' 1987 book The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity in which one 'lecture' and one 'excurses' deal with Derrida. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: twelve lectures, Frederick Lawrence (trans.). But maybe he has a minor point. In their attempts to overcome the philosophy of the subject, Hegel and Marx had been ensnared in its own basic concepts. I don't agree with Habermas's critique of Horkheimer and Adorno [in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity]. Should pick up a good unread copy on Amazon for a fiver … enjoy! Title: The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity.