# The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 1

- Author: [Jurgen Habermas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jurgen-habermas.md)
- Quotes: 1
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jurgen-habermas/the-theory-of-communicative-action-volume-1

## Quotes

> As medium for reaching understanding, speech acts serve: a) to establish and renew interpersonal relations, whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the world of legitimate social orders; b) to represent states and events, whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the world of existing states of affairs; c) to manifest experiences that is, to represent oneself- whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the subjective world to which he has privileged access.

p. 308 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jurgen-habermas/the-theory-of-communicative-action-volume-1/as-medium-for.md)