In this wide--ranging work, now available in paperback, Habermas presents his views on the nature of the social sciences and their distinctive methodology and concerns. He examines, among other things, the traditional division between the natural sciences and the social sciences; the characteristics of social action and the implications of theories of language for social enquiry; and the nature, tasks and limitations of hermeneutics. Habermasa analysis of these and other themes is, as always, rigorous, perceptive and constructive. This brilliant study succeeds in highlighting the distinctive characteristics of the social sciences and in outlining the nature of, and prospects for, critical theory today.
- ISBN10 0745608620
- ISBN13 9780745608624
- Publish Date 20 September 1990 (first published 5 January 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 236
- Language English