Habermas

British  

/ ˈhɑːbərmas /

noun

1. Jürgen (ˈjyrɡən). born 1929, German social theorist: his chief works are Theory and Practice (1963) and Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)

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Example Sentences

Dr. Latour was one of the leading philosophers of the postwar era and one of the few known outside the academic world, especially in Europe, where his name was frequently mentioned alongside those of Jürgen Habermas and Slavoj Zizek.

From New York Times

Burgin notes that Jürgen Habermas has "expressed an enduring faith in the prospects for reasoned debate in an age of information abundance," but does not connect that such faith with recent work being done to vindicate it, such as Chris Bail's "Breaking the Social Media Prism" and Philipp Lorenz-Spreen's paper on promoting online "truth, autonomy and democratic discourse."

From Salon

Other philosophers, perhaps most notably Jürgen Habermas, have explored these problems, but Chalmers never really takes the time to stage their arguments or offer a response.

From Washington Post

Khanna outlines concrete legislative proposals he suggests Congress should consider to boost competition, expand consumers’ privacy protections and address concerns about the dangers of social media, while weaving in scholarly references to the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas and American philosopher John Rawls.

From Washington Post

In this freedom, the teahouse had kinship with the coffeehouses of 17th- and 18th-century Europe, which the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas has credited for helping give birth to the Enlightenment by breaking down the “monopoly of interpretation” previously held by church and state.

From New York Times