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This book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative
democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government
seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and
vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions
that threaten to undermine it. The book critically analyzes deep
pluralist, epistocratic, and lottocratic conceptions of democracy.
Their defenders propose various institutional ''shortcuts'' to help
solve problems of democratic governance such as overcoming
disagreements, citizens' political ignorance, or poor-quality
deliberation. However, all these shortcut proposals require
citizens to blindly defer to actors over whose decisions they
cannot exercise control. Implementing such proposals would
therefore undermine democracy. Moreover, it seems naive to assume
that a community can reach better outcomes 'faster' if it bypasses
the beliefs and attitudes of its citizens. Unfortunately, there are
no 'shortcuts' to make a community better than its members. The
only road to better outcomes is the long, participatory road that
is taken when citizens forge a collective will by changing one
another's hearts and minds. However difficult the process of
justifying political decisions to one another may be, skipping it
cannot get us any closer to the democratic ideal. Starting from
this conviction, the book defends a conception of democracy
''without shortcuts''. This conception sheds new light on
long-standing debates about the proper scope of public reason, the
role of religion in politics, and the democratic legitimacy of
judicial review. It also proposes new ways to unleash the
democratic potential of institutional innovations such as
deliberative minipublics.
We live in critical times. We face a global crisis in economics and
finance, a global ecological crisis, and a constant barrage of
international disputes. Perhaps most dishearteningly, there seems
to be little faith in our ability to address such difficult
problems. However, there is also a more positive sense in which
these are critical times. The world's current state of flux gives
us a unique window of opportunity for shaping a new international
order that will allow us to cope with current and future global
crises. In Critical Theory in Critical Times, eleven of the most
distinguished critical theorists offer new perspectives on recent
crises and transformations of the global political and economic
order. Essays from Jurgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Cristina
Lafont, Rainer Forst, Wendy Brown, Christoph Menke, Nancy Fraser,
Rahel Jaeggi, Amy Allen, Penelope Deutscher, and Charles Mills
address pressing issues including international human rights and
democratic sovereignty, global neoliberalism, novel approaches to
the critique of capitalism, critical theory's Eurocentric heritage,
and new directions offered by critical race theory and postcolonial
studies. Sharpening the conceptual tools of critical theory, the
contributors to Critical Theory in Critical Times reveal new ways
of expanding the diverse traditions of the Frankfurt School in
response to some of the most urgent and important challenges of our
times.
Jurgen Habermas is among the most influential philosophers of our
time. His diagnosis of contemporary society and concepts such as
the public sphere, communicative rationality, and cosmopolitanism
have influenced virtually all academic disciplines, spurred
political debates, and shaped intellectual life in Germany and
beyond for more than fifty years. In The Habermas Handbook, leading
Habermas scholars elucidate his thought, providing essential
insight into his key concepts, the breadth of his work, and his
influence across politics, law, the social sciences, and public
life. This volume offers a comprehensive overview and in-depth
analysis of Habermas's work in its entirety. Opening by examining
his intellectual biography, it goes on to illuminate the social and
intellectual context of Habermasian thought, such as the Frankfurt
School, speech-act theory, and contending theories of democracy.
The Handbook provides an extensive account of Habermas's individual
texts, ranging from his dissertation on Schelling to his most
recent writing about Europe. It illustrates the development of his
thought and its not infrequently controversial reception while
elaborating the central ideas of his work. The book also provides a
glossary of key terms and concepts, making the complexity of
Habermas's thought accessible to a broad readership.
This book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative
democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government
seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and
vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions
that threaten to undermine it. The book critically analyzes deep
pluralist, epistocratic, and lottocratic conceptions of democracy.
Their defenders propose various institutional ''shortcuts'' to help
solve problems of democratic governance such as overcoming
disagreements, citizens' political ignorance, or poor-quality
deliberation. However, all these shortcut proposals require
citizens to blindly defer to actors over whose decisions they
cannot exercise control. Implementing such proposals would
therefore undermine democracy. Moreover, it seems naive to assume
that a community can reach better outcomes 'faster' if it bypasses
the beliefs and attitudes of its citizens. Unfortunately, there are
no 'shortcuts' to make a community better than its members. The
only road to better outcomes is the long, participatory road that
is taken when citizens forge a collective will by changing one
another's hearts and minds. However difficult the process of
justifying political decisions to one another may be, skipping it
cannot get us any closer to the democratic ideal. Starting from
this conviction, the book defends a conception of democracy
''without shortcuts''. This conception sheds new light on
long-standing debates about the proper scope of public reason, the
role of religion in politics, and the democratic legitimacy of
judicial review. It also proposes new ways to unleash the
democratic potential of institutional innovations such as
deliberative minipublics.
We live in critical times. We face a global crisis in economics and
finance, a global ecological crisis, and a constant barrage of
international disputes. Perhaps most dishearteningly, there seems
to be little faith in our ability to address such difficult
problems. However, there is also a more positive sense in which
these are critical times. The world's current state of flux gives
us a unique window of opportunity for shaping a new international
order that will allow us to cope with current and future global
crises. In Critical Theory in Critical Times, eleven of the most
distinguished critical theorists offer new perspectives on recent
crises and transformations of the global political and economic
order. Essays from Jurgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Cristina
Lafont, Rainer Forst, Wendy Brown, Christoph Menke, Nancy Fraser,
Rahel Jaeggi, Amy Allen, Penelope Deutscher, and Charles Mills
address pressing issues including international human rights and
democratic sovereignty, global neoliberalism, novel approaches to
the critique of capitalism, critical theory's Eurocentric heritage,
and new directions offered by critical race theory and postcolonial
studies. Sharpening the conceptual tools of critical theory, the
contributors to Critical Theory in Critical Times reveal new ways
of expanding the diverse traditions of the Frankfurt School in
response to some of the most urgent and important challenges of our
times.
Bekanntester deutscher Philosoph der Gegenwart. Seit mehr als
funfzig Jahren pragt Jurgen Habermas das intellektuelle Leben
Deutschlands und daruber hinaus. Mit seinem Werk nimmt er
entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Wissenschaften, auf Politik und
aktuelle gesellschaftliche Diskussionen. Neben einem UEberblick zur
Biografie stellt das Handbuch Habermas intellektuelle Kontexte, wie
z. B. die Frankfurter Schule, vor und beleuchtet die wichtigsten
Stationen seines komplexen Werkes. Der Schlussteil informiert uber
Begriffe und Konzepte, die sich durch das gesamte Werk ziehen.
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