The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) - Softcover

Jürgen Habermas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262582058 ISBN 13: 9780262582056

Publisher: Mit Pr, 2001

Synopsis

In this collection, Jurgen Habermas engages with a wide range of twentieth-century thinkers. The essays display Habermas's appreciation for various intellectual traditions, his ability to distill the essence of other authors' work, and his outstanding critical powers.Habermas has described these essays as "fragments of a history of contemporary philosophy." They include explorations of the work of Ernst Cassirer, Karl Jaspers, and Gershom Scholem, as well as responses to friends and colleagues such as Karl-Otto Apel, writer and filmmaker Alexander Kluge, and Michael Thuenissen. The book also includes pieces on the theologian Johann Baptist Metz and the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright.

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About the Author:

Jürgen Habermas is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He was recently awarded the 2004 Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy by the Inamori Foundation. The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honor those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0262582058
• ISBN 13: 9780262582056
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136