Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 (apnews.com)

by mitchbob • 8 comments • 20 points

8 comments

[−] gnabgib 63d ago

spiegel.de (46 points, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376848

welt.de (4 points, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376832

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas

[−] alephnerd 63d ago

A major loss for sure - much of modern political and social philosophy in both the left and the right is based on Habermas and his disciples work.

[−] mieses 63d ago

Interesting that you frame it in such a symmetric way. Habermas is thoroughly identified with the left and his influence on the right is at best indirect and contested.

While he sometimes identifies similar problems, he definitely does not arrive at similar solutions.

[−] m_a_g 63d ago

I somehow doubt that

[−] bitroughj 63d ago

Is that the same as doubting the value of much modern social and political philosophy?

[−] hackandthink 63d ago

Habermas was a decent guy. He stood for a liberal and social democratic Germany. I respect that he didn’t fully go along with the shift towards crusading liberalism and militarism in Germany.

He was always part of the establishment. His writing was rambling and boring, and I always thought he was naive. RIP

[−] hackandthink 63d ago

Long version

https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas...

[−] nephihaha 63d ago

He was a follower of Adorno whose ideas have not had a good legacy.