“Philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at the age of 96. Best known for his theories on building political consensus, he shaped Germany's post-war discourse more than any other public intellectual,” reports Reuters.
Jürgen Habermas is dead
Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important thinkers of contemporary philosophy and a leading figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School.
Throughout his life, he dealt with Germany's coming to terms with its Nazi past, changes in the public sphere and the impact of modern technologies on society.
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He was a student of Theodor W. Adorno, the author of over 50 books and the creator of the concept of transformation of public debate, which he described in the work “Structural transformations of the public sphere”.
His wartime experiences, including membership in the Hitler Youth and escaping from being drafted into the Wehrmacht, shaped his later sensitivity to issues of democracy, responsibility and nationalism.
