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| Action systems: In philosophy, an action system refers to a theoretical framework that seeks to understand and explain human actions, including their motivations, intentions, and consequences, within a specific context or set of principles._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jürgen Habermas on Action Systems - Dictionary of Arguments
III 236 Action Systems/Habermas: Cultural Action Systems: Academia, university jurisprudence and education, religious associations, art business. Central systems of action that define the structure of a society: capitalist economy, modern state and nuclear family. Personality systems: Dispositions of action and value orientations that are typical for the methodical way of life and its subjectivist counterpart. Cf. >Systems theory, >Culture, >Economy, >Institutions, >Society, >Sociology, >Values, >Lifeworld, >Science, >State, >Family, >Actions/Habermas, >Action theory/Habermas. Max Weber can describe modernization as rationalization of society, because the capitalist enterprise is tailored to rational economic action, the modern state institution to rational administrative action, i.e. both to procedural rational action. IV 227 Action systems/Habermas: are seen as a special case of living systems. Living systems are understood as open systems, which maintain their existence against an unstable and over-complex environment through exchange processes beyond their borders. All system states fulfil functions with regard to system maintenance.(1) Living systems. Organic Systems/Habermas: Problem: The conceptualization of societies cannot be seamlessly connected to those of organic systems, because the structural patterns of action systems, unlike biological patterns, are inaccessible to observation and must be opened up hermeneutically, i.e. from the internal perspective of relatives. IV 228 This leads to the fundamental problem for every social theory, how the concept strategies characterized by the terms 'system' and 'lifeworld' can be satisfactorily linked. >Lifeworld. 1.Talcott Parsons, Some Problems of General Theory, in: J.C. McKinney, E. A. Tiryakian (Eds.), Theoretical Sociology, NY 1970._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18