Jürgen Habermas
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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. His work has focused on the foundations of social theory and epistemology, the analysis of advanced capitalistic societies and democracy, the rule of law in a critical social-evolutionary context, and contemporary politics -- particularly German politics. Habermas's theoretical system is devoted to revealing the possibility of reason, emancipation and rational-critical communication latent in modern institutions and in the human capacity to deliberate and pursue rational interests.
Major works
- The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962) ISBN 0262581086
- Theory and Practice (1963)
- On the Logic of the Social Sciences (1967)
- Toward a Rational Society (1967)
- Technology and Science as Ideology (1968)
- Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)
- "On Social Identity". TELOS 19 (Spring 1974). New York: Telos Press
- Legitimation Crisis (1975)
- Communication and the Evolution of Society (1976)
- On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction (1976)
- The Theory of Communicative Action (1981)
- Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action (1983)
- Philosophical-Political Profiles (1983)
- The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985)
- The New Conservatism (1985)
- Postmetaphysical Thinking (1988)
- Justification and Application (1991)
- Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy (1992)
- On the Pragmatics of Communication (1992)
- The Inclusion of the Other (1996)
- A Berlin Republic (1997, collection of interviews with Habermas)
- The Postnational Constellation (1998)
- Rationality and Religion (1998)
- Truth and Justification (1998)
- The Future of Human Nature (2003) ISBN 0745629865
- Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe (2005) ISBN 184467018X
- The Divided West (2006)
- The Dialectics of Secularization (2007, w/ Joseph Ratzinger)