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From Communicative Action to the Face of the Other
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Although the continental philosophers JYrgen Habermas and Emmanuel Levinas are both inescapably important to an array of debates in contemporary moral theory, they are rarely assessed in relation to each other. Not only are their basic agendas different-whereas Habermass discourse ethics are framed within a general concern for democratic political theory, Levinass work is largely indifferent, if not hostile, to political concerns-but their philosophical styles dramatically contrast as well. Steven Hendleys study is based on the conviction that beneath the surface there is in fact a remarkable degree of convergence in the two philosophers work that is usually overlooked. Hendley discovers and explains the complementarity of Levinass conception of discourse as relation to the Other to Habermass theory of communication as the basis for recognition of universal moral norms; and he presents a clear defense and validation of Levinass position on the construction of political theory. From Communicative Action to the Face of the Other is a unique endeavor that achieves new and important connections in the contemporary scholarship in philosophy and political theory.
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