Habermas: 60 books

Book cover of Knowledge and Human Interests
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

Habermas describes Knowledge and Human Interests as an attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of modern positivism with the intention of analysing the connections between knowledge and human interests. Convinced of the increasing historical and social importance of the natural and behavioural sciences,...
Book cover of The Postnational Constellation
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015

Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? What are the implications of globalization for our understanding of politics and of national and cultural identities? In The Postnational Constellation,...
Book cover of The Theory of Communicative Action

The Theory of Communicative Action

Lifeworld and Systems, a Critique of Functionalist Reason, Volume 2

by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

This study offers a systematic reconstruction of the theoretical foundations and framework of critical social theory. It is Habermas' "magnum opus", and it is regarded as one of the most important works of modern social thought. In this second and final volume of the work, Habermas examines...
Book cover of The Theory of Communicative Action

The Theory of Communicative Action

Reason and the Rationalization of Society, Volume 1

by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is guided by three interrelated concerns: (1) to develop a concept of communicative rationality that is no longer tied to the subjective and...
Book cover of Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

In this important book Habermas develops his views on a range of moral and ethical issues. Drawing on his theory of communicative action, Habermas elaborates an original conception of 'discourse ethics', seeking to reconstruct a moral point of view from which normative claims can be impartially judged. Habermas...
Book cover of Europe

Europe

The Faltering Project

by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014

The future of Europe and the role it will play in the 21st century are among the most important political questions of our time. The optimism of a decade ago has now faded but the stakes are higher than ever. The way these questions are answered will have enormous implications not only for all Europeans...
Book cover of The Liberating Power of Symbols

The Liberating Power of Symbols

Philosophical Essays

by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014

In this new collection of lectures and essays Jurgen Habermas engages with a wide range of figures in twentieth-century thought. The book displays once again his ability to capture the essence of a thinker's work, his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions and his outstanding powers of...
Book cover of Communication and the Evolution of Society
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

In this important volume Habermas outlines the views which form the basis of his critical theory of modern societies. The volume comprises five interlocking essays, which together define the contours of his theory of communication and of his substantive account of social change. 'What is Universal...
Book cover of Theory and Practice
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

Theory and Practice is one of Habermas's major works and is widely recognized as a classic in contemporary and social and political theory. Through a series of highly original historical studies, Habermas re-examines the relations between philosophy, science and politics. Beginning with the...
Book cover of The Divided West
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014

Make no mistake, the normative authority of the United States of America lies in ruins. Such is the judgment of the most influential thinker in Europe today reflecting on the political repercussions of the war in Iraq. The decision to go to war in Iraq, without the explicit backing of a Security Council...
Book cover of Thieves in Court

Thieves in Court

The Making of the German Legal System in the Nineteenth Century

by Rebekka Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016

From the seemingly insignificant theft of some bread and a dozen apples in nineteenth century rural Germany, to the high courts and modern-day property laws, this English-language translation of Habermas' Diebe vor Gericht explores how everyday incidents of petty stealing and the ordinary people involved...
Book cover of Resurrected?

Resurrected?

An Atheist and Theist Dialogue

by Habermas, Flew
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010

The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the central tenet of the Christian faith. St. Paul put it succinctly: if Christ did not rise from the dead, our faith is in vain. This remarkable dialogue between the leading Christian scholar of the Resurrection and the world's best-known philosophical atheist...
Book cover of The Secret of the Talpiot Tomb

The Secret of the Talpiot Tomb

Unraveling the Mystery of the Jesus Family Tomb

by Gary R. Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008

In response to recent world news headlines, The Secret of the Talpiot Tomb is a full-color text and visual presentation of the most compelling evidence for Jesus’ victory over death. Written by research professor Gary Habermas, considered by many to be the world’s leading apologist for the historicity...
Book cover of Legitimation Crisis
by Jürgen Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

In this enormously influential book, Jurgen Habermas examines the deep tensions and crisis tendencies which underlie the development of contemporary Western societies and develops a powerful analysis of the legitimation problems faced by modern states. Habermas argues that Western societies...
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