Habermas' Varieties of Communicative Action: Controversy without Combat.

Roberts, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ431135

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Publication Date: 1991

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Habermas' Varieties of Communicative Action: Controversy without Combat.

Roberts, Patricia

Journal of Advanced Composition, v11 n2 p409-24 Fall 1991

Discusses the problems of motivating students and teaching persuasive writing. Outlines cultural assumptions about argumentation, the ideas of Jurgen Habermas and the Frankfurt School, Habermas' theory of communication, and its pedagogical implications. (PRA)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Writing Attitudes, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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