Z roku 1968 do roku 1951: Jak Habermas proměnil Marxe v Parsonse

• Authors: Holmwood John

Title variants

EN

FROM 1968 TO 1951: HOW HABERMAS TRANSFORMED MARX INTO PARSONS

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This paper addresses Habermas's critique of the sociological theory of Talcott Parsons. It treats Habermas as exemplary for a form of critique that sought to utilise Marxian themes in order to overcome what have been widely seen as Parsons' problems in handling issues of conflict and social change. The paper argues that these problems derive from the characteristics of general theory conducted within an action frame of reference. The ambition for this type of theory is something that Habermas shares with Parsons and the paper demonstrates how the elaboration of his own theory comes to converge with that of Parsons and reproduces its problematic features. In conclusion, it is suggested that these problems can only be overcome by rejecting general theory as a mode of sociological theorising.

Keywords

EN

HABERMAS JUERGEN; PARSONS TALCOTT; SOCIAL ACTION; SOCIAL INTEGRATION; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY - GENERAL; SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 923-943
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Holmwood John

• John Holmwood, University of Birmingham, 32 Pritchatts Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/3548/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA05523