Talk:The Theory of Communicative Action
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This summary was widely checked out in the process of writing my thesis at the Royal College of Art, London - doctoral thesis (2002) 'Exploding Cinema 1992 - 1999, culture and democracy' by Stefan Szczelkun. Copy available in the RCA library and from the British Library. Abridged for Wikipedia by the author. Full text online.
It may seem long for a Wikipedia entry but I argue that the two volumes of TCA are also very long and densely argued and it is impossible to do justice to this work and be very brief. My summary does leave out many parts of Habermas argument especially with the tradition of Sociology. But hopefully the key arguments are rendered faithfully for common edification. Szczels (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 11:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
On just rereading the entry it seems of utmost relevance to the operation of Wikipedia itself - and this hsould be a further reason for retaining a longer summary of TCA.
What is probably needed in addition is an up-to-date literature review of the main discussions of TCA. Many discussants of TCA seem not to have read volume 2! which has led to impoverished reactions to this theory. Szczels (talk) 11:33, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Adhering to Wikipedia policy
Szczels, this is a fine beginning. I have Wikified and copy edited the first half.
Be sure to study the policies of Wikipedia. In particular, Wikipedia is not a forum for publishing one's own research. Any statements in a summary of a book must be based on the book itself or *other* people's textual criticisms.
Wikipedia must have a philosophy project among its Projects. One can take guidance from it and also participate in it. Hurmata (talk) 04:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I thought I had cut the parts that were 'my research' in creating this abridged version for Wikipedia... or do you mean having an opinion about the status of TCA? Please be specific. I will look for citations at the places you indicate.
I probably could make a summary of others textual criticisms of TCA, at least up to around year 2000. Szczels (talk) 14:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
