Habermas: A Very Short Introduction

• Provides a completely up to date and much-needed entry into the long and forbiddingly technical works of the most influential German philosopher alive today
• Covers Habermas's influence on a wide variety of fields, including philosophy, political and social theory, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies
• Explains how Habermas's ideas are applied to present day social and political situations
• Unlike other writings on Habermas, this explains his intellectual framework and technical vocabulary rather than simply adopting it

Readership: Those wanting help in understanding Habermas' often difficult and complex works, both students (mainly undergraduates and graduates), and general readers alike.

Preface: Who is Jürgen Habermas
1: Habermas and Frankfurt School Critical Theory
2: Habermas's New Approach to Social Theory
3: The Pragmatic Meaning Programme
4: The Programme of Social Theory
5: Habermas's Theory of Modernity
6: Discourse Ethics I: The Discourse Theory of Morality
7: Discourse Ethics II: Ethical Discourse and the Political Turn
8: Politics, Democracy, and Law
9: Politics Beyond The Bounds Of The Nation Alone