Racionalidad instrumental jurgen habermas biography

German social theorist and philosopher (born 1929)

Jürgen Habermas (, ;^[2]German:[ˈjʏʁɡn̩ˈhaːbɐmaːs]^ⓘ;^[3][4] born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.

His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere.

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Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas's work focuses on the foundations of epistemology and social theory, the analysis of advanced capitalism and democracy, the rule of law in a critical social-evolutionary context, albeit within the confines of the natural law tradition,^[5] and contemporary politics, particularly German politics.

Habermas's theoretical system is devoted to revealing the possibility of reason, emancipation, and rational-critical communication latent in modern institutions and in the human capacity to deliberate and pursue rational interests.

Habermas is known for his work on the phenomenon of mode