The major contributor to the theory of communicative reason and communicative rationality was

The major contributor to the theory of communicative reason and communicative rationality was Jurgen Habermas.

His theory of communicative action treats understanding reached through free dialogue as the basis of rationality.

The name linked with reflective practice in teaching does not belong to this social theory of communication.

The scholar associated with critical literacy studies worked on a different terrain from communicative rationality.

The Chinese reform leader was a statesman, not a theorist of communicative reason.

Habermas set his ideal in a speech situation free of domination where the better argument prevails.