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Name:
Jürgen Habermas
Jurgen Habermas
Dates:
Born: 1929
Died: n/a
Biography:
Jürgen Habermas is a member of the Franfurkt School of critical theory who
has focused on locating the historical origins of various knowledge claims,
arguing at times that understanding what people claim to know requires also
understanding the social context in which such claims are made.
Major Works:
- Theorie und Praxis: Sozial-Philosophische Studien (Theory and Practice, 1963)
- Erkentniss und Interesse (Knowledge and Human Interests, 1968)
- Legitimationsprobleme im Spätkapitalismus (Legitimation Crisis, 1973)
- Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns (The Theory of Communicative Action, 1981)
- Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne (Philosophical Discourse on Modernity, 1985)
Also Known As: none
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