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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
- gnabgib 7mo agospiegel.de (46 points, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376848 welt.de (4 points, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376832 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas
- alephnerd 7mo agoA 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.
- m_a_g 7mo agoI somehow doubt that
- bitroughj 7mo agoIs that the same as doubting the value of much modern social and political philosophy?
- mieses 7mo agoInteresting 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.
- hackandthink 7mo agoHabermas 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 7mo agoLong version https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas-gestorben.html https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas...
- nephihaha 7mo agoHe was a follower of Adorno whose ideas have not had a good legacy.