Philosophy Talk. Habermas and Democracy

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and a major contributor to the philosophy of democracy. A member of the Frankfurt School, Habermas argues that humans can have rational communication that will lead to the democratization of society and consensus. But should we be so optimistic? Why does Habermas have faith in our ability to establish this so-called rational communication and to reach consensus? And how should we reform our liberal democracies to make them more democratic? John and Ken reach for consensus with Matthew Specter from Central Connecticut State University, author of Habermas: An Intellectual Biography.

Description

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	June 25, 2017
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Creators/Contributors

Speaker	Briggs, R. A., 1982-
Speaker	Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954-2019
Speaker	Specter, Matthew G. (Matthew Goodrich), 1968-

Subjects

Subject	Habermas, Jürgen
Subject	Deliberative democracy
Subject	Politics and government
Genre	Radio talk shows

Bibliographic information

philosophytalk.org show page	Title Habermas and Democracy
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	434.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/nh882gs7553
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Philosophy Talk, 2002-

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