Also a History of Philosophy, Volume 1: The Project of a Genealogy of Postmetaphysical Thinking

This is the first volume of a ground-breaking new work by Jürgen Habermas on the history of philosophy.

In this major new work, Habermas sets out the ideas that inform his systematic account of the history of Western philosophy as a genealogy of postmetaphysical thinking. His account goes far beyond a vindication of the enduring relevance of philosophical reflection founded on communicative reason as a source of orientation in the modern world. He contrasts this conception with prominent d...