Verovšek, P.J. (2020) Habermas’s politics of rational freedom: Navigating the history of philosophy between faith and knowledge. Analyse & Kritik, 42 (1). pp. 191-218. ISSN 0171-5860
Abstract
Despite 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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Analyse and Kritik. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Jürgen Habermas; philosophy of history; politics and religion; postmetaphysical thinking; postsecularism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) MD19\190002 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2020 09:34 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2021 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/auk-2020-0008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162100 |