In Defense of Dialogue: Reading Habermas and Postwar American Literature offers a timely investigation of the value of dialogue in contemporary American culture. Using Jürgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action to read the work of Frank O’Hara, James Baldwin, Grace Paley, and Andy Warhol, In Defense of Dialogue assembles postwar writers who have never been studied alongside one another, showing how they overcame the pervading skepticism of their contemporaries to imagine sincere and rational speakers who seek to cultivate intersubjective discourse. Read more XRay Not Enabled ISBN13 978-1000054545 Edition 1st Language English File size 728 KB Page Flip Enabled Publisher Routledge Word Wise Enabled Print length 245 pages Accessibility Learn more Screen Reader Supported Part of series Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture Publication date February 25, 2020 Enhanced typesetting Enabled