Politics

World Thinkers 2015: Jürgen Habermas

Philosopher. Germany

February 16, 2015
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As the new Greek Syriza government challenges the rest of Europe over its unpaid debt, Habermas’s suggestion that the EU is in crisis and needs reform is more relevant than ever. Habermas’s latest collection of essays, The Lure of Technocracy, argues for a profound democratisation of European institutions.



Further reading:

A rare interview with Jürgen HabermasHabermas speaks to Stuart Jeffries for this profile.

Habermas ForumA forum dedicated to consideration of Habermas's work.

Habermas vs the Pope Edward Skidelsky on Habermas unlikely union with the previous Pope.