Philosophical-Political Profiles (eBook)

Jürgen Habermas (Autor)

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2018
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-9308-8 (ISBN)

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'At the hands of a minor talent, profiles are often flat, two-dimensional outlines of a thinker's intellectual physiognomy. At the hands of a master like Jürgen Habermas, they can become something far more substantial and profound. With astonishing economy, Habermas sketches his impressions of the giants of recent German thought, several of whom were his personal mentors. For those of his readers accustomed to the demandingly abstract level of his theoretical work, the results will prove a welcome surprise. Without sacrificing any of the rigor and brilliance of those longer studies, he displays a remarkable ability to combine depth with brevity. Philosophical-Political Profiles not only adds a new dimension to our understanding of the intellectual odyssey of Germany's leading contemporary thinker but also provides a series of stunning insights into the thought of the generation that preceded him.'
Martin Jay, University of California, Berkley

'With enormous sensitivity, judiciousness, and critical insight, Habermas engages in dialogue with many of the leading German-trained intellectuals of our time-including Heidegger, Jaspers, Löwith, Bloch, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, Scholem, and others. These essays range over the most central and vital issues of contemporary life. Whether dealing with Jewish mysticism or critiques of modernity, Habermas is always illuminating and incisive. These essays can serve as an excellent introduction to his thinking. They also help to situate his theoretical work by revealing his deepest concerns.'
Richard Bernstein, The New School for Social Research

Jürgen Habermas is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and one of the most influential social and political thinkers in the world today.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Half-Title Page 3
Series 4
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 7
Translator's Introduction 9
Notes 26
Does Philosophy Still Have a Purpose? (1971) 31
1 32
2 39
3 44
Notes 49
The German Idealism of the Jewish Philosophers ( 1961) 51
Karl Jaspers: The Figures of Truth (1958) 75
Martin Heidegger: The Great Influence (1959) 83
Ernst Bloch: A Marxist Schelling (1960) 91
Resistances to Utopia, Literary and Psychological 94
The Heritage of Jewish Mysticism 97
Matter as World Soul and Technology without Violence 99
The Extravagance of Utopia and the Melancholy of Fulfillment 102
Notes 106
Karl Löwith: Stoic Retreat from Historical Consciousness (1963) 109
1 109
2 112
3 116
4 120
5 124
Notes 126
Theodor Adorno: The Primal History of Subjectivity—Self-Affirmation Gone Wild (1969) 129
Arnold Gehlen: Imitation Substantiality (I970) 141
1 141
2 143
3 147
4 152
5 155
Notes 157
Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or Rescuing Critique ( 1972) 159
1 161
2 166
3 169
4 173
5 176
6 180
7 185
Notes 189
Herbert Marcuse: On Art and Revolution (1973) 195
Hannah Arendt: On the Concept of Power (1976) 201
Power in Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, and Hannah Arendt 201
The Structure of Unimpaired Intersubjectivity 204
Some Applications of the Communications Concept of Power 205
Limits of Classical Theory 207
Strategic Competition for Political Power 209
Deploying Power in the Political System 211
Communicative Engendering of Power—a Variation 213
Notes 215
Hans-Georg Gadamer: Urbanizing the Heideggerian Province (1979) 219
1 219
2 221
3 222
4 224
5 225
Notes 227
Gershom Scholem: The Torah in Disguise ( 1978) 229
Notes 240
EULA 242

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Abstract • accustomed • economy • Giants • Habermas • hands • Impressions • Level • Master • Mentors • minor talent • Outlines • Personal • Philosophie • Philosophy • Physiognomy • Political Philosophy & Theory • Political Science • Political Sociology • Politikwissenschaft • Politische Philosophie • Politische Philosophie u. Politiktheorie • Politische Soziologie • Profound • Several • Social Philosophy • Sociology • something • Sozialphilosophie • Soziologie • Theoretical • thinkers intellectual • twodimensional
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-9308-3 / 0745693083
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-9308-8 / 9780745693088