John wiley sons jun 1986 (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is guided by three interrelated concerns: (1) to develop a concept of communicative rationality that is no longer tied to the subjective and individualistic premises of modern social and political theory; (2) to construct a two-level concept of society that integrates the 'lifeworld' and 'system' paradigms; and (3) to sketch out a critical theory of modernity that explains its sociopathologies in a new way. Habermas approaches these tasks through a combination of conceptual analyses, systematic reflections, and critical reconstructions of such predecessors as Marx and Weber, Durkheim and Mead, Horkheimer and Adorno, Schutz and Parsons. Reason and the Rationalization of Society develops a sociological theory of action that stresses not its means-ends or teleological aspect, but the need to coordinate action socially via communication. In the introductory chapter Habermas sets out a powerful series of arguments on such foundational issues as cultural and historical relativism, the methodology of Verstehen, the inseparabilty of interpretation from critique. In addition to clarifying the normative foundations of critical social inquiry, this sets the stage for a systematic appropriation of Weber's theory of rationalization and its Marxist reception by Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno. This is an important book for degree students of philosophy, sociology and related subjects.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A complete course in the PL/I programming language, presented in a simple and logical manner with many features to help the reader grasp the material quickly: checkpoint questions interspersed throughout each chapter; a detailed index to help locate references to technical points and answers to questions; a glossary of terms, and more. Also includes a section on debugging techniques to aid in coding and testing programs, and a case study in each chapter.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Provides a basic comprehensive treatment of the major electrical engineering problems associated with the design and operation of electric power systems. The major components of the power system are modeled in terms of their sequence (symmetrical component) equivalent circuits. Reviews power flow, fault analysis, economic dispatch, and transient stability in power systems.…