GERMAN SOCIOLOGIST AND PHILOSOPHER IN THE TRADITION OF CRITICAL THEORY AND PRAGMATISM. HE IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE CONCEPT OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE, THE TOPIC OF HIS FIRST BOOK ENTITLED THE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE. HIS WORK FOCUSES ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL THEORY AND EPISTEMOLOGY, THE ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED CAPITALISTIC SOCIETIES AND DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW IN A CRITICAL SOCIAL-EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT, AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS—PARTICULARLY GERMAN POLITICS. HABERMAS'S THEORETICAL SYSTEM IS DEVOTED TO REVEALING THE POSSIBILITY OF REASON, EMANCIPATION, AND RATIONAL-CRITICAL COMMUNICATION LATENT IN MODERN INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO DELIBERATE AND PURSUE RATIONAL INTERESTS. HABERMAS IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF "RATIONALIZATION" ORIGINALLY SET FORTH BY MAX WEBER.
GERMAN SOCIOLOGIST AND PHILOSOPHER IN THE TRADITION OF CRITICAL THEORY AND PRAGMATISM. HE IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE CONCEPT OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE, THE TOPIC OF HIS FIRST BOOK ENTITLED THE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE. HIS WORK FOCUSES ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL THEORY AND EPISTEMOLOGY, THE ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED CAPITALISTIC SOCIETIES AND DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW IN A CRITICAL SOCIAL-EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT, AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS—PARTICULARLY GERMAN POLITICS. HABERMAS'S THEORETICAL SYSTEM IS DEVOTED TO REVEALING THE POSSIBILITY OF REASON, EMANCIPATION, AND RATIONAL-CRITICAL COMMUNICATION LATENT IN MODERN INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO DELIBERATE AND PURSUE RATIONAL INTERESTS. HABERMAS IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF "RATIONALIZATION" ORIGINALLY SET FORTH BY MAX WEBER.
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