Science can only be comprehended epistemologically, which means as one category of possible knowledge, as long as knowledge is not equated either effusively with the absolute knowledge of a great philosophy or blindly with scientistic self-understanding of the actual business… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share
Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel.… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
“Today, the language of the market penetrates every pore and forces every interpersonal relation into the schema of individual preference.” — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share
The usage of the words "public" and "public sphere" betrays a multiplicity of concurrent meanings. Their origins go back to various historical phases and,… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
“Only one who takes over his own life history can see in it the realization of his self. Responsibility to take over one's own… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it,… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
Positivism stands or falls with the principle of scientism, that is that the meaning of knowledge is defined by what the sciences do and… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share
