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.

[−] 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