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Things Needed to Improve… / »Es musste etwas besser werden …«
Conversations with Stefan Müller-Doohm and Roman Yos
One of the great thinkers of our time looks back on the development of his thought
»I view the attempt to make the world even the tiniest bit better, or even just to be part of the effort to stave off the constant threats of regression that we face, as an utterly admirable motive.«
In this book, Jürgen Habermas provides information on some of the motives behind his thought, the circumstances under which it evolved, and the changes it has undergone over the course of his long career. He tells of the process that informed the emergence of his oeuvre, speaks about...
In this book, Jürgen Habermas provides information on some of the motives behind his thought, the circumstances under which it evolved, and the changes it has undergone over the course of his long career. He tells of the process that informed the emergence of his oeuvre, speaks about...
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»I view the attempt to make the world even the tiniest bit better, or even just to be part of the effort to stave off the constant threats of regression that we face, as an utterly admirable motive.«
In this book, Jürgen Habermas provides information on some of the motives behind his thought, the circumstances under which it evolved, and the changes it has undergone over the course of his long career. He tells of the process that informed the emergence of his oeuvre, speaks about texts that were key to his development and about decisive encounters with colleagues. Gradually, the image of a richly intertwined network of relationships emerges, which covers large swathes of the intellectual map of the 20th century, reaching all the way to the present day.
Looking back at the various stages in the development of his thought, Habermas discusses topics such as the specific situation from which his generation set out, identifies key experiences with his academic mentors, explores recent historical tendencies and political beliefs, and talks about his own scholarly works and their reception. With reference to his most recent major work, This Too a History of Philosophy, central concepts and argumentative strategies from the Habermasian cosmos are invoked and critically interrogated.
And time and again we see what lies at the heart of the work of this philosopher: »justifying an iota of trust in reason, and in our duty to make use of our capacity for reason.«
In this book, Jürgen Habermas provides information on some of the motives behind his thought, the circumstances under which it evolved, and the changes it has undergone over the course of his long career. He tells of the process that informed the emergence of his oeuvre, speaks about texts that were key to his development and about decisive encounters with colleagues. Gradually, the image of a richly intertwined network of relationships emerges, which covers large swathes of the intellectual map of the 20th century, reaching all the way to the present day.
Looking back at the various stages in the development of his thought, Habermas discusses topics such as the specific situation from which his generation set out, identifies key experiences with his academic mentors, explores recent historical tendencies and political beliefs, and talks about his own scholarly works and their reception. With reference to his most recent major work, This Too a History of Philosophy, central concepts and argumentative strategies from the Habermasian cosmos are invoked and critically interrogated.
And time and again we see what lies at the heart of the work of this philosopher: »justifying an iota of trust in reason, and in our duty to make use of our capacity for reason.«
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On the 95th Birthday of Jürgen Habermas
This year marks a major milestone for Habermas and will also see the release of a new work reflecting on his life and workDISCOVER
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On the 95th Birthday of Jürgen Habermas
This year marks a major milestone for Habermas and will also see the release of a new work reflecting on his life and workPersons
Jürgen Habermas
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Jürgen Habermas was born in Düsseldorf in 1929. He has taught at the universities of Heidelberg and Frankfurt as well as at the University of California, Berkeley, among others. He is the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates and awards. In 2001 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Jürgen Habermas
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Jürgen Habermas was born in Düsseldorf in 1929. He has taught at the universities of Heidelberg and Frankfurt as well as at the...
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Year of Publication: 2022
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2022
A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Jürgen Habermas’ first book, was published in 1962. In it, he profiles a concept of the public sphere from a...
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Year of Publication: 2019
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2019
This Too a History of Philosophy
The new book by Jürgen Habermas is also a history of philosophy. Employing a genealogical style it examines how today’s dominant forms of western post-metaphysical thought came into being. Using...
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Year of Publication: 2019
Roman YosYear of Publication: 2019
Young Habermas
Roman Yos' analysis of the origins of one of the most influential works of recent philosophy is an original examination of how early in his career Jürgen Habermas was already gradually at work transposing his distinct philosophical-political thought into a viable system. This can be understood as a process of learning, the development of which saw contrary intellectual influences come together...
Year of Publication: 2019
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2019
Legitimation Crisis
In this hugely influential book, Jurgen Habermas examines the deep tensions and tendencies toward crisis underlying the development of contemporary Western societies and develops a probing analysis...
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Year of Publication: 2014
Stefan Müller-DoohmYear of Publication: 2014
Jürgen Habermas
»Jürgen Habermas,« wrote the American philosopher Ronald Dworkin on the occasion of the great European thinker’s eightieth birthday, »is not only the world’s most...
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Year of Publication: 2013
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2013
The Lure of Technocracy
Since 1980, this series of Short Political Writings has collected Jürgen Habermas’s analyses, commentaries and diagnoses of the times. Titles such as The New Obscurity have long...
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Year of Publication: 2012
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2012
Postmetaphysical Thinking II
»There is no alternative to post-metaphysical thinking.« This statement, made by Jürgen Habermas in his 1988 collection of essays, Post-Metaphysical Thinking, is still valid...
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Year of Publication: 2011
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2011
The Crisis of the European Union
»In the face of a politically unregulated rise in global social complexity which systemically and increasingly restricts the autonomy of the nation state, the normative function of democracy...
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Year of Publication: 2009
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2009
Collected Philosophical Essays in Five Volumes
Philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas has celebrated his 80th birthday on June 18, 2009. For this occasion, he has put together a systematic selection of important texts, some of which have...
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Year of Publication: 2008
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Ach, Europa
Ach, Europa: only the sighing tone remains. Prompted by a discussion with the German Federal Foreign Minister, Jürgen Habermas develops in his address political alternatives for the...
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Year of Publication: 2005
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2005
Between Naturalism and Religion
Two conflicting tendencies characterize the intellectual atmosphere of our time: the expansion of a naturalized world picture and religious orthodoxy. On one side, advances in biogenetics,...
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Year of Publication: 2004
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 2004
The Divided West
On 11 September 2001, not only did the Twin Towers crash, but so did the unity of the Western World. The policy of the US-government, that pushes the United Nations to the bottom of the wall...
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Year of Publication: 2003
Stefan Müller-DoohmYear of Publication: 2003
Adorno
Stefan Müller-Doohm's book is the first comprehensive and detailed biography of Theodor W. Adorno, combining his life and his work.
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Year of Publication: 1988
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 1988
Postmetaphysical Thinking I
In this new collection of recent essays, Habermas takes up and pursues the line of analysis begun in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity.
He begins by outlining the sources and...
He begins by outlining the sources and...
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Year of Publication: 1981
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 1981
The Theory of Communicative Action
The Theory of Communicative Action is a key work in Jürgen Habermas’s oeuvre. In this book, Habermas seeks to lay the foundations for critical social theory. The notion of communicative...
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Year of Publication: 1962
Jürgen HabermasYear of Publication: 1962
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
»The task of the present study is to analyse the ›bourgeois public sphere‹«. In order to do justice to this complex task, Habermas integrates aspects from studies on...
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