Presents an analysis of what justice is, the transcendental theory of justice and its drawbacks, and a persuasive argument for a comparative perspective on justice that can guide us in the choice between alternatives.

A collection of essays, lectures, and teaching materials explores the essence of poetry and its history, including the development of poetic forms, poetry's power to dismantle and recreate political realities, and advice on bringing poetry to one ...

Considers the nature and future of philosophy in a post-metaphysical age. In the first part, Habermas examines the legacy of Kant and assesses some recent attempts to return to metaphysical modes of thought. In the second part he develops and ...

Habermas engages with a wide range of twentieth-century thinkers, including theologian Johann Baptist Metz and Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright.

Looks at the future of Europe and what role it will play in twenty-first century politics.

Jürgen Habermas, the most influential philosopher and social thinker in modern Germany today, takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny.