In this book Jurgen Habermas - the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today - takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny.
A detailed and up-to-date introduction to Habermas's formal pragmatics, which is a vital area of his social theory. Written in the period 1976-1996, the essays show the extent to which formal pragmatics underpins Habermas's theory of communicative...
The author engages with a wide range of figures in 20th-century thought in this collection of his lectures and essays. They display his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions, his capacity to crystallize the essence of other authors' thought,...
Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? The German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas addresses these and other questions in this...
Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? The German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas addresses these and other questions in this...
This is a comprehensive introduction to Jurgen Habermas's writings from the early 1960s to the present. The book is divided into seven sections, covering the principal areas of Habermas's work. Each section includes an introduction and a selection...
[..] "Habermas works out the legal and political implications of his thoeretical approach, bringing to fruition the project announced more than three decades ago in The Structural transformation of the public sphere" -- dust jacket.
"For those concerned with the relationships between thought and action, Knowledge and Human Interests will quickly be recognized as a brilliant book --and a bold outline for a new social theory."-Times Literary Supplement