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Mar 2026
1h 22m

Critical Theory After Habermas (feat. Ph...

Daniel Tutt
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Joining me for his second appearance, Philipp Felsch explores the life and thought of Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers of the modern era and Germany’s foremost living public intellectual. We trace Habermas's roots in the Marxist tradition, his role in the Frankfurt School, relationship to Adorno and Horkheimer, to his influential pre ... Show More
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