Emancipation, Democracy and the Modern Critique of Law
Reconsidering Habermas
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on Jürgen Habermas’ theorising on law, rights and democracy in light of the modern critique of law. The latter tradition, which goes back to Hegel and Marx, has addressed the limitations of rights as vocabulary of emancipation and law as language of autonomy. Since Habermas claims that his reconstruction of private and public autonomy has an emancipatory aim, the author has chosen to discuss it in the context of the modern critique of law. More specifically, the study addresses the need to consider the dialectic of law, in which law is both a condition for emancipation and domination, when discussing what law and rights make possible. It will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political theory, law and legal criticism, as well as sociology and sociology of law.
This book focuses on Jürgen Habermas’ theorising on law, rights and democracy in light of the modern critique of law. The latter tradition, which goes back to Hegel and Marx, has addressed the limitations of rights as vocabulary of emancipation and law as language of autonomy. Since Habermas claims that his reconstruction of private and public autonomy has an emancipatory aim, the author has chosen to discuss it in the context of the modern critique of law. More specifically, the study addresses the need to consider the dialectic of law, in which law is both a condition for emancipation and domination, when discussing what law and rights permit. It will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political theory, law and legal criticism, as well as sociology and sociology of law.
Deals with Habermas’ reconstruction of the system of rights in relation to the modern critique of law Considers both of Habermas’ central works: The Theory of Communicative Action and Between Facts and Norms Contributes to discussions about the possibilities and the limitations of rights as vocabulary of emancipation Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Mikael Spång
Themen in »Emancipation, Democracy and the Modern Critique of Law«
Jürgen Habermas law and political theory human rights and political theory democratic theory sociology of law the dialectic of law The Theory of Communicative Action Between Facts and Norms Christophe Menke Welfare State Law private and public autonomy political philosophy political theory of Jürgen Habermas Habermas and the critique of law Modern Critique of Law