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:''Habermas redirects here. For the Christian apologist and theologian, see [[Gary Habermas]].''

'''Jürgen Habermas''' (born [[June 18]], [[1929]] in [[Düsseldorf]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]], [[political scientist]] and [[sociologist]] in the tradition of [[critical theory]]. His work has been called [[Neo-Marxism|Neo-Marxist]], and focuses on the foundations of social theory and [[epistemology]], the analysis of advanced [[capitalist]] [[industrial society]] and of [[democracy]], the [[rule of law]] in a critical [[Sociocultural evolution|social-evolutionary context]], and contemporary (especially German) [[politics]]. He is best known for his concept of the [[public sphere]]. He developed a theoretical system devoted to revealing the possibility of reason, emancipation and rational-critical communication embedded in modern liberal institutions and in the human capabilities to communicate, deliberate and pursue rational interests.

*[http://habermasians.blogspot.com/ Habermasian Reflections blog]

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