Communicative Action in Practice

Intersubjectivity and New Social Movements

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6344836
AutoresDavid Schlosberg (0000-0003-3547-919X, University of Oregon, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas291-311
Fecha de publicación1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.1995.tb01713.x
OpenAlexW1996585903
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas4

Critical theory has two distinct aims: the analysis and critique of particular existing oppressions, and the more emancipatory or reconstructive method or goal needed to move beyond current conditions. But often critical theory is too preoccupied with the first moment to consider the second. This essay examines the evolution of the notion of communicative action and a number of current debates surrounding especially Habermas's theory. It then examines two existing social change movements which incorporate aspects of communicative action into their everyday practices–the Alternative Dispute Resolution movement and the Direct Action movement–and illustrates how certain theoretical dilemmas are actually played out. The argument is that the practices of communicative action can help illuminate academic debates. Critical practice is not only an expression of critical theory, but can be used as an ongoing reflective guide for that theory

Action (physics · Argument (complex analysis · Communicative action · Critical theory · Epistemology · Intersubjectivity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy