Mimesis and reason : Habermas's political philosophy
In assessing and reconstructing a particular theory of communication found in the writings of German philosopher Jugen Habermas, Miller (U. of Washington) grapples with the questions of what secular sensibility can govern the legitimate exercise of power in the modern age, and whether any particular political body in an age of pluralism can have confidence that its moral values are born of more than historical inertia but less than pure will to power. He pairs Habermass with Plato on mimesis in communicative action, with George Herbert Mead on the subject in communicative action, and with Walter Benjamin on the experience of mimesis. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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