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
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
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
Long version
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas...
He was a follower of Adorno whose ideas have not had a good legacy.
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.
I somehow doubt that
Is that the same as doubting the value of much modern social and political philosophy?