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Habermas’s Politics of Rational Freedom: Navigating the History of Philosophy between Faith and Knowledge

Habermas’s Politics of Rational Freedom: Navigating the History of Philosophy between Faith and... AbstractDespite his hostility to religion in his early career, since the turn of the century Habermas has devoted his research to the relationship between faith and knowledge. His two-volume Auch eine Geschichte der Philosophie is the culmination of this project. Spurred by the attacks of 9/11 and the growing conflict between religion and the forces of secularization, I argue that this philosophy of history is the centerpiece of an important turning point in Habermas’s intellectual development. Instead of interpreting religion merely as part of the history of postmetaphysical thinking, Habermas now sees it as a crucial normative resource for both philosophy and social cohesion in the future aswell. Despite its backward-looking approach,my basic thesis is that this book is best understood as a forward-looking appeal for a tolerant, self-reflective democratic politics that brings religious and secular citizens together dialogically through the cooperative use of their rational freedom. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyse & Kritik de Gruyter

Habermas’s Politics of Rational Freedom: Navigating the History of Philosophy between Faith and Knowledge

Analyse & Kritik , Volume 42 (1): 28 – May 1, 2020

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2020 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
ISSN
0171-5860
DOI
10.1515/auk-2020-0008
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Abstract

AbstractDespite his hostility to religion in his early career, since the turn of the century Habermas has devoted his research to the relationship between faith and knowledge. His two-volume Auch eine Geschichte der Philosophie is the culmination of this project. Spurred by the attacks of 9/11 and the growing conflict between religion and the forces of secularization, I argue that this philosophy of history is the centerpiece of an important turning point in Habermas’s intellectual development. Instead of interpreting religion merely as part of the history of postmetaphysical thinking, Habermas now sees it as a crucial normative resource for both philosophy and social cohesion in the future aswell. Despite its backward-looking approach,my basic thesis is that this book is best understood as a forward-looking appeal for a tolerant, self-reflective democratic politics that brings religious and secular citizens together dialogically through the cooperative use of their rational freedom.

Journal

Analyse & Kritikde Gruyter

Published: May 1, 2020

Keywords: Jürgen Habermas; philosophy of history; politics and religion; postmetaphysical thinking; postsecularism

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