Jurgen Habermas was a German philosopher and social theorist, born in 1929, working in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere. He held professorships at Heidelberg University and Goethe University Frankfurt and directed the Max Planck Institute in Starnberg. He died in 2026. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDeveloped the theory of communicative action and discourse ethics, grounding social rationality in the conditions of open, non-coercive dialogue rather than instrumental reason. 1 Notable WorkThe Theory of Communicative Action (1981) 1 Jürgen Habermas
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Honneth succeeded Habermas as director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt and developed his recognition theory partly in dialogue with Habermas communicative approach.
Offe was a leading second-generation critical theorist closely associated with Habermas Frankfurt circle.
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Jürgen Habermas (18 June 1929 – 14 March 2026) was a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
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Jürgen Habermas was a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
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(18 June 1929 - 14 March 2026) was a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere. He held professorships at Heidelberg University and Goethe University Frankfurt and directed the Max Planck Institute in Starnberg.
Associated With: Northwestern University, Article text
He held the position of "permanent visiting" professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and "Theodor Heuss Professor" at The New School, New York City.
Practices Studied: Religion, Article text
In his book Zwischen Naturalismus und Religion (Between Naturalism and Religion, 2005), Habermas stated that the forces of religious strength, as a result of multiculturalism and immigration, are stronger than in previous decades, and, therefore, there is a need of tolerance which must be understood as a two-way street: secular people need to tolerate the role of religious people in the public square and vice versa.
Practices Studied: The State, Article text
According to Habermas, a variety of factors resulted in the eventual decay of the public sphere, including the growth of a commercial mass media, which turned the critical public into a passive consumer public; and the welfare state, which merged the state with society so thoroughly that the public sphere was squeezed out.
Practices Studied: Welfare State, Article text
According to Habermas, a variety of factors resulted in the eventual decay of the public sphere, including the growth of a commercial mass media, which turned the critical public into a passive consumer public; and the welfare state, which merged the state with society so thoroughly that the public sphere was squeezed out.
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