Teoria do agir comunicativo de Jürgen Habermas: resposta à crise ecológica contemporânea

Abstract

This monograph focuses on Jürgen Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action: a response to the contemporary ecological crisis. This theme stems from the ecological problems caused by human interference in the balance of ecological ecosystems. This research is motivated by the desire to understand the crucial role that communication aimed at understanding plays in resolving this problem, which threatens the material basis upon which the life of living beings depends. The ecological crisis was and is caused by the instrumentalization of nature, by the irresponsible exploitation and extraction of natural resources. The extraction of resources aimed to feed the capitalist economy focused on achieving surplus value, which began to produce not only to satisfy human needs, but to create pseudo-needs, thus fueling consumerism, which in turn fuels speculative production. In this vein, the monograph has the general objective: to reflect on the ecological crisis in the light of Jürgen Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action, and the specific objectives: to contextualize Jürgen Habermas's philosophical-linguistic thought; to characterize the modern assumptions behind the ecological crisis and to describe the contribution of the theory of communicative action in solving the problem of the ecological crisis. To achieve these objectives, the bibliographic research method was used, which consisted of consulting the main books related to the topic, combined with hermeneutics as an auxiliary technique for the interpretation of the consulted material. Rational communication is a potential resource for recognizing the victims of the ecological crisis and including them in the creation of mitigation policies.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)