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Critique
One of the main critiques of Habermas's Communicative Rationality is eurocentrism, and the idea that the western civilization is the only way of life. According to Public Sphere and Communicative Rationality: Interrogating Habermas's Eurocentrism, Habermas does not take into account that there are different societies that happen across the world because certain countries and society's suffer from different weaknesses. Habermas's theories are based on an utopian society while this just is not the case. The authors argue that this type of communication the Habermas offers could actually be implemented because people who do not have access to the resources they would need. This is not just other societies not in the west. European countries have problems with lack of education and the technology necessary to be prepared in order to participate in this community.

In Byron Rienstra and Derek Hook article titled, Weakening Habermas: The Undoing of Communicative Rationality, they discuss that Habermas expected too much of the people is talking about. Habermas insinuated that the people are participating in communicative rationality have a broad knowledge on the topic at hand. But according to the authors, this is too much to ask of the people. And since these people do not have the knowledge to participate in communicative rationality, they would have no reason to defend their reasoning or position in society. They even go on to say that the preconditions that Habermas has put forward are extremely demanding and taxing on the public.

Habermas also ignored the hinderances that people may face that may cause a person not to stay educated on the topics in order to participate in communicative rationality. For example, in From Communicative Rationality to Communicative Thinking: A Basis for Feminist Theory and Practice by Jane Braatan, it is discussed that women have a less advantage to be involved in communicative rationality due to the history fo discrimination in schools. Women have not always had complete access to schooling, and according to Habermas they should not be able to defend their opinions.

Another issues that is raised on this topic is the idea that if this theory is developed in today's age, it will segregate people even more. Due to the discrimination that people in lower social classes face, people would not be able keep up with new developments and therefore not be able to continue to contribute.

Habermas wants communicative rationality to be considered an everyday language according to Communicative versus Strategic Rationality: Habermas Theory of Communicative Action and the Social Brain. He believes everyone should strive for the ability to be educated and able to defend your position on every topic.

Peer Review -Amrutha:
- explain first what Habermas was saying, and then introduce critiques. (critiques coming first is confusing to the readers)

- add sources/in text citations

- fix headings