Deconstruction And Reconstruction

This paper is supposed to discuss tentatively the influence of the great German thinker and philosopher, Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action upon Poetics by tracing to the origin of the historical and cukural contexts of the theory, analyzing the nature and the three extended "interrelationships" of the theory. As far as Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action is concerned, it is easy to observe that in the monograghs published abroad and the studies issued domestically, the authors have been mostly studying the philosophical and social values of the theory, while those who have touched the ideological and cultural significance of it are few. The margin in the achievements offers the theoretical space of the current study. It is safe to say that Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action provides a unique perspective to respond to the 20^th century cultural crisis. The cultural crisis people in the 20^th century are confronted with is just the crisis of individualistic dilemma (alienation) and the crisis of rationality (communality). Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action has reconstructed modernity with the core of subjectivity and rationality, by means of which it has resisted the deconstruction of Post-Modernism to Modernism. This theory therefore is uniquely distinguished among the theories of modern cultural criticism. This paper's essential concern is to interpret several core theoretical propositions, that is, to expound Habermas's unique theoretical construction of the core of poetics such as intersubjectivity, intertextuality and interculturality, etc.. Hereby, Habermas's contribution to poetics will be highlighted.This paper consists of the following six parts.The Introduction briefly describes the life ,the academic experiences and the thought development of Habermas.Chapter One holds that Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action originates from the late capitalist period and the late capitalist crisis and the cultural contexts of its origin are as follows: the early critical theory of Frankfort School being in crisis; the deep reflection on modernity, which is thought to be an unexpected plan; the reconstruction of materialism, an important part of the early critical theory of Habermas, which paves the way for his Theory of Communicative Action.Chapter Two discusses what intersubjectivity is, its developing history, Habermas's viewpoints on intersubjectivity and its meaning and nature in Poetics.Chapter Three discusses what intertextuality is, its developing history, Habermas's viewpoints on intertextuality and its status and role in Poetics.Chapter Four discusses what interculturality is, its developing history, Habermas's viewpoints on interculturality and its status and role in Poetics.The Conclusion holds that a comprehensive study should be made on intersubjectivity, intertextuality and interculturality in the communicative sense in order that we can make a deeper study on Poetics. We should break through everything artificial and once sacred and look for a new start and create a new future in the overlap of all margins and on the basis of the combinations of people's perspectives in different cultures. To sum up, Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action is applied to Poetics in order to create a dialogue Poetics.The following study approaches are to be employed by this paper: historical studies, comparative studies and theoretical approach.The originality of this paper lies in:1.It puts Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action in the background of the ideological development in the last two decades of the 20^th century, for the studying of the theory can not be separated from the broad perspective of the 20^th century ideological history;2. It intends to discuss tentatively the constructive values of Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action upon Poetics, because the achievements of similar studies issued domestically and abroad are mostly concerned about the philosophical and social values of the theory, while those who have touched the ideological and cultural significance of it are few;3. It establishes Habermas's originality in comparison with other theorists by comparing and analyzing some central concepts and theories in poetics.