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When Jürgen Habermas failed the Palestine test
One of the most prominent philosophers of recent decades, German thinker Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), passed away recently. He made significant contributions to philosophy, sociology, communication studies, and political science. He was widely known for his role in developing the German critical school, also known as the Frankfurt School, for founding the Theory of Communicative Action and for advocating rational and free dialogue. For decades,…
Remembering Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026)
A Library Departs: History of ideas as lived experience I have just learned of the death of the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. Jürgen Habermas ist tot. What a pity that such a library has departed! Habermas was a major figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School and a cornerstone of contemporary critical theory. His theories –particularly those concerning communicative action, discourse ethics, and the public s…
By Juan Manuel de Prada It seems to me that the death of the philosopher Jürgen Habermas has passed without pity or glory, like the death of a mere Mindundi, I do not know if by unconsciousness of an era that has been molded by its nefarious political concepts or precisely on the contrary, by relief
Do we want a West that sacrifices its entire unique cultural identity and sensibility on the altar of real politics and a soulless "concert of powers"? Do we want a political world in which any appeal to universal values or human dignity will be treated solely as weakness, a pipe dream, or "harmful distraction"? writes political scientist Professor Sławomir Sowiński.
The most famous figure in contemporary German philosophy, Jürgen Habermas, intellectually defined the path from the exploration of the Nazi past through the fulfillment of democracy to a liberal society, only to be confronted with the world taking a turn for the worse at the end of his life.
Néstor García Canclini: “The AI creates the illusion of being benefited”“Trump’s America is getting closer and closer to ‘The Handmaiden’s Tale’”Luis Solano: “It’s okay to judge the books by the cover”In one of its many innovative essays, which used to set the tone for philosophical discussion in recent decades, Habermas argued that philosophy should abandon the illusive and atavistic presumption of being a “judge” that dictates the order or hie…
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