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The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays
Jurgen Habermas
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Description for The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays
Paperback. 1. A new collection of philosophical essays by one of the worlda s leading social and political thinkers. 2. Explores the work of important figures in twentieth--century philosophy and theology, such as Karl Jaspers and Gerschom Scholem 3. An invaluable resource for students and scholars of contemporary philosophy and theology. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
In this new collection of lectures and essays Jurgen Habermas engages with a wide range of figures in twentieth-century thought. The book displays once again his ability to capture the essence of a thinker's work, his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions and his outstanding powers of critical assessment.
Habermas has described these essays as 'fragments of a history of contemporary philosophy'. The volume includes explorations of the work of Ernst Cassirer, Karl Jaspers and Gershom Scholem, as well as reponses to friends and colleagues such as Michael Thuenissen, Karl-Otto Apel and the writer and film-maker Alexander ... Read more
In this new collection of lectures and essays Jurgen Habermas engages with a wide range of figures in twentieth-century thought. The book displays once again his ability to capture the essence of a thinker's work, his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions and his outstanding powers of critical assessment.
Habermas has described these essays as 'fragments of a history of contemporary philosophy'. The volume includes explorations of the work of Ernst Cassirer, Karl Jaspers and Gershom Scholem, as well as reponses to friends and colleagues such as Michael Thuenissen, Karl-Otto Apel and the writer and film-maker Alexander ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745625522
SKU
V9780745625522
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About Jurgen Habermas
J?rgen Habermas is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt.
Reviews for The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays
Jürgen Habermas has been awarded the prestigious 'Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels' prize for 2001 'The Liberating Power of Symbols carries on from where Habermas's previous foray into modern European thought, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, left off. If the latter offered a trenchant critique of post-structuralism, the former concentrates on promising departures for contemporary philosophy ... These new books ... Read more