33. Habermas - Democracy as Communication Flashcards
What is communicative rationality?
Statements made towards making consensus
What is communicative action?
Action based on communicative rationality
What are the three different aspects of a speech act?
Locutionary - the expression of the words
Illocutionary - the performance of saying
Perlocutionary - the effect produced by saying
Which mode is communicative action?
Illocutionary
What is strategic communication?
Getting someone to do something even if you don’t believe it’s good or right
What are the ethics of communicative rationality?
It has built in ethical norms because we have normative expectations for others’ communication, and this is the moral basis for democracy
How did Habermas think that society was bifurcated?
Between the system and the lifeworld
What is the system?
The teleological world of money and power
What is the lifeworld?
The world of beliefs and meanings
What is the lifeworld pathology?
The system is taking over the lifeworld, causing problems
What was the central philosophy of the Frankfurt school?
Criticism of capitalism, war, social oppression, and belief that liberal democracy needs a rational philosophical basis
What is the philosophy of French poststructuralism?
Similar to the Frankfurt school, but sees rationality as part of the systems of oppression
