A Study On Habermas' Theory Of Communicative Action

Habermas was born in Düsseldorf on June 18, 1929. He entered the University of Goettingen in 1949 to study philosophy, history, literature and economics.He acquire post-qualification by a university professor, Professor of Philosophy at the Heidelberg University in 1961.He began as the professor of philosophy and asociology at the Frankfurt University in 1964. And he have gradually become the main schools of the West-Marxism Frankfurt School second-generation leaders.He studied a broad range of areas, substantial work in the areas of humanities and social sciences such as philosophy, sociology, linguistics, political science, law, etc. and have an important contribution to the wider implications. The main works include "Communication Theory", "The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity", "Facts and effectiveness", "Reconstruction of historical materialism", etc. These works made him become the one of the 20th century's most creative thinkers.Habermas is a contemporary philosopher of modernity to be the most conscious of a concern and reflection, and modernity as well as be one of the most powerful defense. To sum up, the modern study of his include two main focus. One of them is to it as a "theory of modern pathology" of modern theory to diagnose the problems that exist; The second is to modernity as "an outstanding idea," he claimed to have been carried out since the concept has aroused widespread controversy since the eighties.In the former case, he has the problem of modernity in the level of philosophy boils down to is subject to a "sense of philosophy" paradigm, according to a split "rational" and the associated concept of subjectivity to the establishment of a modern sexual the basis of the paradigm. For the latter, he constructed a kind of theory-"Communication Theory", he attempt to rely on "rational interaction" to rebuild the foundation of modern sexual norms, it is envisaged through the establishment of a principle of life to run the world, made that individual and social community conflicts can be coordinated in order to overcome the drawbacks of individualism of Western society, achieve the individual in the process of socialization, In the public domain through the communication and exchanges to reach consensus, comments and will, realize of the true meaning of the country's democratic control.Habermas' study turned to the communicative theory from the eighties of the twentieth century. Habermas opposed consciousness philosophy's separation between subject and object. He disagreed with Marx Weber 's instrumental rationality and raised the theory of communicative action which language is medium, life-world is link, understanding is guide, inter-subjectivity is the main features. For modern industrial significance of the loss of a civilized society, freedom of alienation between the loss of such phenomena, Habermas analysis and critical period of the late capitalist instrumental rationality tbrought about life-world colonization. Although the theory have a certain Romanticism, we develop the equal, the practice of conscious interaction, has important theoretical significance and potential value. In this paper, the writer elaborate the background of the times, the background of theory, the basic content and the methods of realization, especially elaborate the practical significance of building a harmonious socialist society.The paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapters is that the writer elaborate the background of the times, the background of theory, from contemporary western language philosophy shift and Max Weber's theory of rationality, analyse the background of Habermas' theory of communicative action, Habermas recognized that the philosophy of overcoming the sense of the plight of the modern theory, the key is to establish a complete theory of the theory of communicative action. The second chapter is from the system and life-world, the colonial of the life-world, the status and function of language in communicative action theory,more rational communicative action and the methods of realization, introduce this theory basic content. Compare with purpose action, normative regulation action, dramatic action, communicative action is the most reasonable. language have a special status in "communicative action", it is the most basic media between communicative action, perform a function of understanding and cooperative action of the individual functions of the community;from the life-world and the system two-tier architecture to integrate social, set out from the life-world colonization rational way out is to replace the purpose rational with communicative rational, and through contacts to achieve reconstruct rational society. The third part is the innovative part of this article,Both compared with Marxism to elaborate the value of Habermas' communication theory and the limitations, the author also discusses the theory of Habermas' view contacts, discusses both the theory-building of "communication theory", from both theoretical and practical point out its shortcomings.The fourth chapter is that writer focuses on Habermas' communication theory for the reference in contemporary China. "Communication Theory" helps us to work out a more reasonable strategy for the world communication. This is also that Habermas' communication theory has given us a profound inspiration.