Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research areraising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scopeand limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate thepossibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent disea
A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition, " this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalis
Two of the worlds great contemporary thinkers--theologian and churchman Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and Jurgen Habermas, philosopher and Neo-Marxist social critic--discuss and debate aspects of secularization, and the role of reason and relig
For the past thirty years, Hal Foster has pushed the boundaries of cultural criticism, establishing a vantage point from which the seemingly disparate agendas of artists, patrons, and critics have a telling coherence. In The Anti-Aesthetic, preeminent cri
In this enormously influential book, Jurgen Habermas examines the deep tensions and crisis tendencies which underlie the development of contemporary Western societies and develops a powerful analysis of the legitimation problems faced by modern states. H
Juergen Habermas opens Volume 2 with a brilliant reinterpretation of Mead and Durkheim and then develops his own approach to society, combining two hitherto competing paradigms, "system" and "lifeworld." The strength of this combination is then demonstrat
A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themse which have pr
"Destined to be the most widely discussed intervention into the increasingly heated controversy over the apparent transition from modernity to postmodernity, Habermas's lastest major effort is certain to raise the level of the debate several notches." --
"[A] fascinating synthesis of Continental and Anglo-American legal theory. . . full of interesting insights, acute criticisms, and striking passages". -- Richard A. Posner, "The New Republic" In "Between Facts and Norms" Jü rgen Habermas works out the le
