Liberating Power of Symbols - Philosophical Essays (Paperback)

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 thinkera s work, his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions and his outstanding powers of critical assessment. Habermas has described these essays as a fragments of a history of contemporary philosophya . 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 Kluge. It also includes pieces on the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright and the theologian Johann Baptist Metz. This new volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Habermas and twentieth--century philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2001
Authors:	J Habermas
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-7456-2552-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	0-7456-2552-5
Barcode:	9780745625522

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