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Overview"This book considers the ambiguous identity of reason in contemporary social and cultural thought. Grounded in modern rhetoric, the text develops and evaluates the link between reason and dialogue, using the central concept of ""dialogic rationalism"". The author examines the major arguments about modernity, culture and rationality to have emerged from recent debates on critical theory, liberal theory, the self, postmodernity, ethics and argument. What is the relationship between knowledge, expertise and participatory dialogue? How is ""the good life"" connected to rationality? In what way is thinking dialogical and rhetorical? Focusing on questions that should stimulate continuing debate, this text offers a broad-ranging synthesis of diverse theories to show how reason, dialogue and communication are inextricably linked. Myerson provides a discussion of contemporary theories concerning models of rational dialogue and cultural difference. His analysis, starting with a penetrating critique of Habermas and Putnam, includes illuminating treatments of key thinkers such as Giddens, Fraser, Rawls, Billig, Elster, Lyotard, Nussbaum, Rorty, Haraway, Lloyd, Benhabib and Bookchin. An introduction to the interpretation of theoretical arguments, this text should be of interest to students and scholars in social, cultural and political theory, philosophy, social psychology, communication and the humanities." Full Product DetailsAuthor: George MyersonPublisher: Sage Publications Ltd Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780803978669ISBN 10: 0803978669 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 24 November 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews`George Myerson has produced a lively argument for the dialogical nature of reason. In presenting his own viewpoint, and in taking decisive issue with Habermas and others, Myerson himself persuasively demonstrates the virtues of clarity, scholarship and reasoned debate' - Michael Billig, University of Loughborough George Myerson has produced a lively argument for the dialogical nature of reason. In presenting his own viewpoint, and in taking decisive issue with Habermas and others, Myerson himself persuasively demonstrates the virtues of clarity, scholarship and reasoned debate' - Michael Billig, University of Loughborough Author InformationGeorge Myerson, is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, King′s College, London and the author of The Argumentative Imagination and The Power of Address: Explorations in Rhetoric (with Dick Leith). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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