Mimesis and Reason: Habermas's Political Philosophy

By Gregg Daniel Miller

Excavates the experiential structure of Habermas's communicative action.

Complicating the standard interpretation of Habermas as a proceduralist, Mimesis and Reason uncovers the role that mimesis, or imitation, plays as a genuinely political force in communicative action. Through a penetrating examination of Habermas's use of themes and concepts from Plato, George Herbert Mead, and Walter Benjamin, Gregg Daniel Miller reconstructs Habermas's theory to reveal a new, postmetaphysical articulation of reason that lays the groundwork for new directions in political theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438437404
• ISBN13: 9781438437408
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher