Habermas is a hugely influential thinker, yet his writing can be dense and inaccessible. This critical introduction offers undergraduates a clear way into Habermas's concept of the 'public sphere' and its relevance to contemporary society. Luke Goode's lively account also sheds new light on the 'pub[...]

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermasa 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 [...]

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.[...]

Offers a systematic reconstruction of the theoretical foundations and framework of critical social theory.[...]

In this wide--ranging work, now available in paperback, Habermas presents his views on the nature of the social sciences and their distinctive methodology and concerns. He examines, among other things, the traditional division between the natural sciences and the social sciences; the characteristics[...]

This book attempts to confront a variety of controversial problems at the centre of current debates in philosophy and social and political theory. The author develops his views on a range of moral and ethical issues, drawing on his theory of communicative action.[...]

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to, and selection from, Jurgen Habermasa s writings from the early 1960s to the present. The book is divided into seven sections, covering the principal areas of Habermasa s work. Each section includes an introduction and a selection of substantial ext[...]

In this new collection of recent essays, Habermas takes up and pursues the line of analysis begun in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. He begins by outlining the sources and central themes of twentieth-century philosophy, and the range of current debates. He then examines a number of key con[...]

aeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept of democracy. aeo As one of Habermasa s most important works, it will be recognized as a major contribution to current debates in social theory, polit[...]

In this important book, Jurgen Habermas takes up certain fundamental questions of philosophy.

The Inclusion of the Other contains Habermasa s most recent work in political theory and political philosophy. Here Habermas picks up some of the central themes of Between Facts and Norms and elaborates them in relation to current political debates.[...]