The great German philosopher both robustly defended the public sphere—and for seven decades never stopped participating in it ...

Among the many things that remain of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026, are two things: firstly, that the crisis of capitalism – a word the social-democratic master ...

After more than seventy years writing and thinking about democracy, capitalism, and the possibility of emancipatory politics, ...

The philosopher and social theorist, Jürgen Habermas, who has died at the age of 96, towered over the intellectual life of ...

He was regarded as one of Germany's most influential contemporary philosophers. Jürgen Habermas has died in the Bavarian ...

The German philosopher, who has died aged 96, was young enough to carry no culpability for the Nazi era yet old enough to carry lifelong scars ...

Jürgen Habermas, one of Germany’s most influential modern philosophers and a towering figure in European intellectual life, ...

The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended. Philosophically ...

Philosopher and social theorist who advocated a new direction for German thought after the horrors of Nazi rule ...

In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best ...

Habermas’ political consensus-building theory argued formation of public opinion vital for democracies to survive ...

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual ...