a sociological restatement O'Mahony, Patrick 1957- creator author. text bibliography enk 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource. "The book examines philosophical and sociological approaches within critical theory and more widely from the vantage point of communicative reason. It seeks to revitalize the sociological dimension of critical theory by advancing a critical sociology of reason. It does so fully in the knowledge that reason is a contentious concept in sociology and other disciplines. Nonetheless, building on Habermas's original insight, it argues that an extensively modified version of communicative reason is indispensable. This modified approach will draw extensively from Peirce's pragmatist semiotics and critical cognitive sociology. Such a focus has significant implications for meta-theoretical, theoretical-empirical, and methodological approaches in critical theory, critical sociology, and related disciplines. This book will be of interest to readers in the social sciences, humanities, and philosophy who value the importance of a social theory of a reasonable society for their disciplines and for increasingly essential interdisciplinary activities. The book will also appeal to many in critical theory and beyond who are interested in the cognitive foundations of normative orders, including unjust or pathological as well as actually or potentially just foundations. The book emphasizes both validity and critique within communicative reason and critical theory and accordingly presents a distinctive perspective on critical-reconstructive research"-- Habermas, Communicative Reason, and the Social Sciences -- Sociology and Reason: General Considerations -- Reason and the Reflexive Turn in Sociology -- The State of Reason in Sociology -- Peirce, Reason, and Signification -- Reasoning and Schemata in a Societal Frame -- Towards a Sign-Mediated Societal Ontology -- Reason, Communication, and Validity -- Validity, Schemata, and Reasoning on Moral-Political Issues -- Reasoning and Validity Standards -- Reason and Critique -- Critique and Reasoning Pathologies. Patrick O'Mahony. Critical theory Reason Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General HM480 9780429060571 0429060572 9780429595370 0429595379 9780429594083 0429594089 9780429592799 0429592795 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429060571 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429060571 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 240424 20251030122225.0 9780429060571 eng