US EditionHabermas and the World We Have Lost
Jürgen Habermas shaped deliberative democracy theory through decades of public engagement, inspiring over 14,000 publications and influencing debates on liberal democracy.
- Reports from Groningen announced that Jürgen Habermas died at 96 on March 19, 2026, marking the loss of a titan of postwar philosophy.
- Jürgen Habermas built his career on the Frankfurt School tradition and deliberative-democracy theory, advancing rational public discourse and authoring 1981’s Theory of Communicative Action.
- Over seven decades, Jürgen Habermas produced approximately 40 books and inspired 14,000 works, publishing a 1,700-page two-volume Also a History of Philosophy late in life.
- Late-Life disputes over an October 7, 2023 statement on Israel added to decades of controversy, while Susan Neiman, head of Berlin’s Einstein Forum, praised Jürgen Habermas’s public engagement and challenge to majority views.
- Jan‑Werner Müller, Princeton philosopher, noted Habermas’s theory remains vital amid rising illiberal trends, while his evolving stance on student and antiwar movements of the late 1960s shows enduring tensions.
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Jürgen Habermas was about 16 years old when World War II ended and discovered that this panorama of ruins and desolation was the work of his own. That girl with blushing faces and blond hair, those agile bodies celebrating her physical strength, those who came as a family to historical places and excursions to make homeland, those who sang hymns and proclaims and raised their arms and lowered their heads as a sign of obedience to the Fuehrer, th…
Jürgen Haberma's rank as a public intellectual was outstanding. Who follows him? The good news is: There is no shortage of intelligent and word-powerful thinkers even after his death.
Last Saturday Jürgen Habermas died. A conversation with the cultural historian Philipp Felsch about what remains of the work of the philosopher.
1929-2026. Philosophy and professor with a career of seven decades, author of works studied at universities, defended that there is no democracy without conversation
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