Emancipation, democracy and the modern critique of law : reconsidering Habermas / Mikael Spång.
2018
K355 .S73 2018 (Mapit)
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Emancipation, democracy and the modern critique of law : reconsidering Habermas / Mikael Spång.
Imprint
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018.
Description
ix, 131 pages ; 22cm.
Series
International political theory.
Palgrave pivot.
Palgrave pivot.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The dialectic of law and the modern legal form
Colonisation of the lifeworld and the dilemma of welfare state law
The reconstruction of the system of rights
Conclusions.
The dialectic of law and the modern legal form
Colonisation of the lifeworld and the dilemma of welfare state law
The reconstruction of the system of rights
Conclusions.
Summary
"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."-- Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K355 .S73 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9783319628899 hardcover
3319628895 hardcover
9783319628905 eBook
3319628895 hardcover
9783319628905 eBook
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