{"product_id":"the-past-as-future-jurgen-habermas-9780803272668","title":"The Past as Future","description":"J?gen Habermas is one of the best-known and most influential philosophers in Europe today. Heir to the Frankfurt school, his reputation rests on more than thirty years of groundbreaking works on society knowledge, history, technology; ethics, and many other subjects. He is also a familiar figure in his native Germany where he has often played a prominent role in public de-bates. In recent years, he has spoken out ever more directly on the extraordinary changes taking place in Germany, Europe, and the world. \u003cp\u003eThis volume of interviews reveals Habermas's passionate engagement with contemporary issues. Wide-ranging and informal, the interviews focus on matters of decisive importance to Germany and the rest of the world in the 1990s: German unification; recent explosive debates about interpretations of German history, Germany's asylum policies, and the Nazi era; efforts to create a cooperative, peaceful Europe; and the significance of the Persian Gulf War. A final interview focuses on the relation between theory and practice--between philosophy and the so-called real world. In an afterword to the volume, Habermas addresses a broad spectrum of issues facing Germany and other nations in this final decade of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbly translated and annotated by Max Pensky, professor of philosophy at the State University of New York-Binghamton, \u003ci\u003eThe Past as Future\u003c\/i\u003e provides a striking portrait of an intellectual who is equally at home in the world of academic philosophy and in mainstream debate--and who can make valuable connections between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jurgen Habermas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803272669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803272668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 4.88w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1994 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/1994 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/16\/2003 pg. 43","brand":"Jurgen Habermas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120245534975,"sku":"9780803272668","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b02eb1f6-1baf-4106-9e25-67ca4f4fc9c2.jpg?v=1687413288","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-past-as-future-jurgen-habermas-9780803272668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}