Mimesis and Reason

Excavates the experiential structure of Habermas''s communicative action.

Complicating the standard interpretation of Habermas as a proceduralist, Mimesis and Reason uncovers the role that mimesis, or imitation, plays as a genuinely political force in communicative action. Through a penetrating examination of Habermas''s use of themes and concepts from Plato, George Herbert Mead, and Walter Benjamin, Gregg Daniel Miller reconstructs Habermas''s theory to reveal a new, postmetaphysical articulation of reason that lays the groundwork for new directions in political theory.