Download or read book Toward a Rational Society written by Jürgen Habermas and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1970 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge, communication, action - these are the concepts central to all of Habermas's thought. As a philosopher, he is concerned with the rational connection of these concepts. As a sociologist, he is prepared to analyze with care the distortion of human interaction caused by existing social and political institutions.