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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
18 points by mitchbob 5 hours ago | 7 comments
  • gnabgib
    spiegel.de (46 points, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376848

    welt.de (4 points, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376832

    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas

  • hackandthink
    Habermas was a decent guy. He stood for a liberal and social democratic Germany. I respect that he didn’t fully go along with the shift towards crusading liberalism and militarism in Germany.

    He was always part of the establishment. His writing was rambling and boring, and I always thought he was naive. RIP

    • hackandthink
      Long version

      https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas...

    • nephihaha
      He was a follower of Adorno whose ideas have not had a good legacy.
  • alephnerd
    A major loss for sure - much of modern political and social philosophy in both the left and the right is based on Habermas and his disciples work.
    • m_a_g
      I somehow doubt that
      • bitroughj
        Is that the same as doubting the value of much modern social and political philosophy?
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