Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

• Volume 1 Translator's Preface v2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic4. The Rationalization of Law. Weber! Diagnosis of the TimesIII Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and CommunicationIV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism2. The Critique of Instrumental ReasonNotesIndex

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Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

• Volume 1 Translator's Preface v2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic4. The Rationalization of Law. Weber! Diagnosis of the TimesIII Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and CommunicationIV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism2. The Critique of Instrumental ReasonNotesIndex

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Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

• Volume 1 Translator's Preface v2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic4. The Rationalization of Law. Weber! Diagnosis of the TimesIII Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and CommunicationIV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism2. The Critique of Instrumental ReasonNotesIndex

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