The liberating power of symbols : philosophical essays / Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Peter Dews...
The liberating power of symbols : philosophical essays / Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Peter Dews...
The liberating power of symbols : philosophical essays / Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Peter Dews.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
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Date
2001.
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N193/156
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English
German
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Physical content
130 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
The liberating power of symbols -- The conflict of beliefs -- Between traditions -- Tracing the other of history in history -- A master builder with hermeneutic tact -- Israel or Athens : where does anamnestic reason belong? -- Communicative freedom and negative theology -- The useful mole who ruins...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
Edition
1st MIT Press ed.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
In this collection Jürgen Habermas engages with a wide range of twentieth-century thinkers. The essays display Habermas's appreciation for various intellectual traditions, his ability to distill the essence of other authors' work, and his outstanding critical powers. Habermas has described these essays as "fragments of a history of contemporary ph...
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The liberating power of symbols : philosophical essays / Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Peter Dews.
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Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-124) and index.
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N193/156
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0745625525 (pbk. : Polity Press)
9780262582964 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780262082051 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262082969 (hc. : alk. paper)
0262082969 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780262582056 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262582058 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780745620886 (hc. : Polity Press)
0745620884 (hc. : Polity Press)
9780745625522 (pbk. : Polity Press)
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193
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991013721109702626
