The New Conservatism
Cultural Criticism and the Historian's Debate
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Beschreibung
Jürgen Habermas is well known for his scholarly writings onthe theoretical foundations of the human sciences. The NewConservatism brings to light another side of Habermas's work,showing him to be an incisive commentator on a wide range ofcontemporary themes.
The 1980s have been a crucial decade in the political life ofWestern democracies in general, and of the Federal Republic ofGermany in particular. The transformations that accompanied a shiftfrom 13 years of Social democratic rule in Germany to government bythe conservative Christian Democrats are captured in this series ofinsightful, often passionate political and cultural commentaries.The central theme uniting the essays is the German problem of'coming to terms within the past,' a problem that has importantimplications outside Germany as well.
Of particular note are the essays on what has come to be knownas the Historian's Debate: Habermas's attack on the revisionistGerman historians who have been trying to trivialize and"normalize" the history of the Nazi period, and his defence of theneed for a realistic and discriminating approach to the Nazi periodand its legacy. Habermas also takes up the recent debate concerningMartin Heidegger's involvement with Nazism and the rise of theneoconservative movement in Europe and America. In particular, theessay on The New Obscurity combines Habermas's analysis ofthe problems of the welfare state with his suggestions for avenuesopen to utopian impulses today.
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Jürgen Habermas
Themen in »The New Conservatism«
Continental Philosophy Kontinentalphilosophie Philosophie Philosophy Political & Economic Philosophy Political Philosophy & Theory Political Science Politikwissenschaft Politische Philosophie u. Politiktheorie Politische u. Ökonomische Philosophie