Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE xi
4. PART I. INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY 1
5. PART II. CONTEXTS
6. 1. The Philosophy of History, Anthropology, and Marxism 27
7. 2. The Frankfurt School and Social Theory 31
8. 3. Constitutional Law 36
9. 4. Pragmatism and Ultimate Justification 43
10. 5. Hermeneutics and the Linguistic Turn 49
11. 6. Speech Acts 58
12. 7. Psychoanalysis 64
13. 8. Postmetaphysical Thinking 71
14. 9. Kant 75
15. 10. Cognitive Psychology 92
16. 11. The Epitome of Technocratic Consciousness 98
17. 12. Evolutionary Theories 105
18. 13. Power Discourses 111
19. 14. Juridical Discourses 117
20. 15. The Theory of Democracy 122
21. 16. Moral and Ethical Discourses: The Distinction in General 133
22. 17. The Constitutionalization of International Law 143
23. 18. European Constitutionalization 153
24. 19. The Theory of Justice 162
25. 20. Deconstruction 170
26. 21. Poststructuralism 177
27. 22. Feminism 183
28. 23. Neopragmatism 188
29. 24. Jewish Philosophy 196
30. 25. Monotheism 207
31. PART III. TEXTS
32. 26. Schelling, Marx, and the Philosophy of History: Das Absolute und die Geschichte: Von der Zwiespältigkeit in Schellings Denken (The Absolute and History: On the Ambiguity in Schelling’s Thought, 1954) 219
33. 27. The Theory of the Public Sphere: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962) 245
34. 28. Technology and Reification: “Technology and Science as ‘Ideology’ ” (1968) 256
35. 29. Critique of Knowledge as Social Theory: Knowledge and Human Interests (1968) 271
36. 30. Communicative Rationality: Vorbereitende Bemerkungen zu einer Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns (Preparatory Remarks for a Theory of Communicative Action, 1971) 288
37. 31. Late Capitalism and Legitimation: Legitimation Crisis (1973) 306
38. 32. History and Evolution: Zur Rekonstruktion des Historischen Materialismus (1976) 325
39. 33. Aporias of Cultural Modernity: “Modernity—an Unfinished Project” (1980) 334
40. 34. Stand-In and Interpreter: “Philosophy as Stand-In and Interpreter” (1981) 349
41. 35. The Theory of Society: The Theory of Communicative Action (1981): A Classic of Social Theory 360
42. 36. The Discourse Theory of Morality: “Discourse Ethics—Notes on a Program of Philosophical Justification” (1983) 383
43. 37. Defense of Modernity: The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985): Modernity as Rationalization and the Critique of Instrumental Reason 394
44. 38. Democracy, Law, and Society: Between Facts and Norms (1992): Points of Reference: The Emergence of Political Philosophy from Theoretical Philosophy 417
45. 39. Europe, European Constitution: “Why Europe Needs a Constitution” (2001) 432
46. 40. Religion, Metaphysics, Freedom: “Faith and Knowledge” (2001) 444
47. 41. Human Nature and Genetic Manipulation: The Future of Human Nature (2001) 461
48. 42. The Constitutionalization of International Law and Politics: “Does the Constitutionalization of International Law Still Have a Chance?” (2004) 474
49. PART IV. CONCEPTS
50. 43. Cognitive Interests 489
51. 44. Colonization 494
52. 45. Communicative Action 499
53. 46. Communicative Anthropology 504
54. 47. Conservatism 507
55. 48. Constitutions and Constitutional Patriotism 513
56. 49. Cosmopolitan Condition 517
57. 50. Counterfactual Presuppositions 520
58. 51. Deliberation 528
59. 52. Discourse 533
60. 53. Discourse Ethics 538
61. 54. Equality 541
62. 55. European Citizenship 544
63. 56. Evolution 549
64. 57. Historical Materialism 554
65. 58. Human Rights and Human Rights 558
66. 59. Ideology 562
67. 60. Intellectuals 565
68. 61. Late Capitalism 571
69. 62. Learning Processes 577
70. 63. Legal Wars Versus Legitimate Wars 581
71. 64. Legality, Legitimacy, and Legitimation 586
72. 65. Mass Culture and Cultural Criticism 590
73. 66. Postmetaphysical Thinking 594
74. 67. Power 598
75. 68. Pragmatic Turn 602
76. 69. Public Sphere 605
77. 70. Radical Reformism 610
78. 71. Rational Reconstruction 614
79. 72. Rationality and Rationalization 619
80. 73. Social Pathology 623
81. 74. Society 627
82. 75. System and Lifeworld 632
83. Appendix: Chronology 637
84. Bibliography 641
85. List of Contributors 649
86. Index 653