Individu Komunikatif Menurut Jurgen Habermas Dalam Perspektif Filsafat Manusia

Abstract

Humans are unique creatures, who always show their existence through rational thinking. Aristotle, the classical philosopher, once stated the uniqueness of humans, that humans are the animal rationale. This assumption appears in human philosophy. However, human philosophy is currently experiencing a shift and is more interested in defining humans as animal loquens (creatures that speak). This research uses a descriptive-analytical approach. The method used is hermeneutics to interpret Jurgen Habermas' conception of thinking about man as his material object. Meanwhile, the formal object is human philosophy. The results of this study found that humans are not only concerned with the area of self-reflection or thinking creatures. But humans can communicate with others. The human individual finds his uniqueness and personality if he is able to be communicative, this communicative attitude was born from rationality initiated by Jurgen Habermas. The existence of this communicative individual is the essence of humans in the study of human philosophy. Human existence comes into being, if humans are able to be communicative. Communicative in the sense of criticizing the existence of modern society. In the context of modern humans, the existence of ego identity has a very significant role as an effort to communicate between individuals and with other humans. This communicative individual becomes part of the discursive individual in the communicative society