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The Elgar Companion to Jürgen Habermas

Name: The Elgar Companion to Jürgen Habermas
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781803923703
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Author: William Outhwaite; Larry Ray
ISBN: 9781803923703

Edited by William Outhwaite · Larry Ray

Edward Elgar Publishing December 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781803923703
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: December 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This Companion provides a comprehensive guide to Jürgen Habermas’s prodigious body of work, bringing together contributions from leading specialists. It explores his main areas of study in chronological order, including topics such as the public sphere and the history of philosophy, to which he has returned in his recent books.

Addressing both the continuities and shifts of Habermas’s writings over the past 70 years, multidisciplinary contributions analyse his most recent opus on post-metaphysical philosophy and religion. They present essential theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding modern-day crises and, using Habermas’s theory, consider the potential for societal emancipation. Chapters discuss sociology and philosophy, the theory of law and democracy, religion and the challenges of practical reason, as well as Habermas’s global reception. This Companion stands as an essential tribute and evaluation of one of the most significant thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The Elgar Companion to Jürgen Habermas is a vital resource for academics and students of social and legal theory, philosophy, politics and sociology. It is also an enlightening read for those interested in Habermas’s wide-ranging work and his role as a public intellectual from the 1950s to the present day.

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Introduction to The Elgar Companion to Jürgen Habermas 1: William Outhwaite and Larry Ray; 2.
Sociology and philosophy in the work of Jürgen Habermas 10: Stefan Müller-Doohm; 3.
Habermas: theory and diagnoses of the times 23: Marcos Nobre; 4.
Is Habermas a critical theorist? Continuities and discontinuities in the Frankfurt School 40: Fabian Freyenhagen; 5.
Schelling in the work of Jürgen Habermas: from the philosophy of history to the historicity of communicative action 60: Dorothee Zucca; 6.
The genesis of Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit 76: Roman Yos; 7.
Knowledge and human interests: epistemology as social theory? 91: Simon Susen; 8.
Continuities and discontinuities in Habermas’ relation to historical materialism 141: William Outhwaite; 9.
From Kant to Hegel but not back: the intersubjective foundations of Habermas’s concept of the lifeworld 151: Dorothee Zucca; 10.
Theory of law and democracy 160: Regina Kreide; 11.
Revolutionary transcendence at the core of social integration 173: Hauke Brunkhorst; 12.
Habermas and the European Union: contributions to a discourse theory of supranational democracy 195: Markus Patberg; 13.
The relation of reason and religion in late Habermas 210: Hans-Herbert Kögler; 14.
Voices in the public sphere: Habermas, feminism, and the pursuit of recognition 243: Marina Calloni; 15.
Solidarity and critical reason 269: Isabelle Aubert; 16.
Habermas reception worldwide 289: William Outhwaite