Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:45:22 EDT
Subject: [HAB:] Re: Strategic Action


 
 
In a message dated 8/14/2004 12:36:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
coherings-AT-yahoo.com writes:

Habermas  has become clearer about the fact that
strategical action involves  communicative action
within "teleological" (goal-oriented) action,  and
communicative action always takes place within a
teleological  backdrop. Acting with others within
strategical action is usually not  manipulative, as
organizational interaction is common defined  by
long-range projects and plans. Acting toward others
manipulatively,  i.e., regarding others as *elements*
in systemic plans, is just that:  manipulative,
instrumentalist action. There's nothing  especially
strategical about it, in the planful sense of
'strategic'.  Habermas earlier failed to distinguish
the planful and instrumentalist  senses of strategic. 



In On the Pragmatics of Communication, p118, Habermas states unequivocally  
that instrumental action is nonsocial action oriented towards success.   This 
entire book spells out the definitions and gives numerous examples of the  
basic difference between strategtic action and communicative action.  On  p300, he 
states, "Thus, communicative action distinguishes itself from strategic  
action through the fact that successful action coordination canot be traced back  
to the purposive rationality of action orientations but to the rationally  
motivating force of achieving understanding."  This theme runs through out  OPC, 
I can find no deviation from it.  Gary, I personally own every book  and 
journal article published by or about Habermas, so if you have the  reference where 
he collapses this distinction, I would like to know, right  now!
 
Fred Welfare



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