Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. I. A DEBATE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
5. INTRODUCTION 3
6. 1. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE DEBATE 25
7. II. MEANING, LANGUAGE, AND COMMUNICATION
8. 2. HOW A DEBATE TAKES OFF 55
9. 3. INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND LIFEWORLD 108
10. III. BETWEEN HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
11. 4. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION: THE INITIAL DEBATES 133
12. 5. EVOLUTION AND HISTORY: THE HARVEST (1977– ) 166
13. IV. THE DEBATE ON LEGITIMACY
14. 6. COMPLEXITY AND DEMOCRACY (1968– 71) 211
15. 7. PARADOXES OF LEGITIMACY: CRISES AND RISKS (1973–91) 231
16. 8. “BEFORE THE LAW” (1992– ) 284
17. V. FURTHER DEBATES
18. 9. BROADER PERSPECTIVES— LUHMANN, HABERMAS, FOUCAULT, AND BOURDIEU 325
19. EPILOGUE: HABERMAS’S LIMITATIONS TO SECULARIZATION (2019) 347
20. NOTES 365
21. REFERENCE LIST 373
22. INDEX 397