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Only by externalization, by entering into social relationships, can we develop the interiority of ou...

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The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.

For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a p...

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Today, the language of the market penetrates every pore and forces every interpersonal relation into...

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[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty]One small autobiographical piece...

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The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regime...

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Freedom may never be conceived merely negatively, as the absence of compulsion. Freedom conceived in...

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Religion and Rationality: Essays on Reason

From the structure of language comes the explanation of why the human spirit is condemned to an odys...

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Postmetaphysical Thinking: Between Metaphysics and the Critique of Reason

The scientistic faith in a science that will one day not only fulfill, but eliminate, personal self-...

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Jürgen Habermas

Philosopher

Born: 1929-06-18

Died: N/A

Jürgen Habermas (born June 18, 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and American pragmatism. He is best known for his work on the concept of the public sphere, which he has based in his theory of communicative action.More