Emancipation, Democracy and the Modern Critique of Law

Reconsidering Habermas
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-62889-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 131 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 2939 g

Reihe: International Political Theory

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. It will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political theory, law and legal criticism, as well as sociology and sociology of law.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spång, Mikael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Dialectic of Law and the Modern Legal Form.- Chapter 3. Colonisation of the Lifeworld and the Dilemma of Welfare State Law.- Chapter 4. The Reconstruction of the System of Rights.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Mikael Spång is Associate Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden. He has published articles and books on political and social theory, in both Swedish and English. Among recent publications is Constituent Power and Constitutional Order (Palgrave, 2014).