Habermasian Reflections

Just because he refuses to subscribe to the Clash ...

2011-12-12T11:24:13.482+11:00

Just because he refuses to subscribe to the Clash of Civilization Discourse doesn't make him less knowledgeable about Islam. Actually, it indicates how appreciative he is about the diversity and non-monolithic nature of Islam, something Lewis and Huntington display a significant ignorance about. Fanaticism appears when religion becomes a dogma, which is applicable to all religions, including Christianity, the recent Norway bombing is one example of many.

This was an extremely helpful précis! Thank-you Al...

2011-03-18T22:00:26.899+11:00

This was an extremely helpful précis! Thank-you Ali!

I am working with Habermas' theory of communic...

2011-01-18T06:10:04.108+11:00

I am working with Habermas' theory of communicative action and his concept of the public sphere for my master degree's thesis. This article was of great help to understand how to build a research methodology that is in line with Habermas' thinking.

Gary, no, it's just didn't occur to me. Yo...

2010-12-29T19:25:17.017+11:00

Gary, no, it's just didn't occur to me. You may post to the group if you think some people might be interested. Hope you're well and flourishing.

thanks Gary for this :))

2010-12-29T19:21:49.715+11:00

thanks Gary for this :))

Habermas never suggested that phenomenology is not...

2010-12-13T07:30:28.005+11:00

Habermas never suggested that phenomenology is not fruitful. Read his "Postscript" to Knowledge and Human Interest. The issue is that phenomenological insight is only good for a communicative theory of society inasmuch as its insights are communicable. So, the claim to insight is a function of the validity basis of communication that the insight brings to bear in discursive interaction. A Huserlian sense of ego doesn't provide a basis for understanding the interpersonal character of validity.

Ali, you may believe it's humility that keeps ...

2010-12-13T07:26:02.225+11:00

Ali, you may believe it's humility that keeps you from making note of your paper to the 200+ subscribers to the Yahoo! Habermas group, but it could be a kind of closet vanity. Anyway, I'm glad to see your paper online and hope you're going well.

"Life after bankruptcy" originally appea...

2010-12-13T07:20:57.262+11:00

"Life after bankruptcy" originally appeared in sign and sight, Nov. 26, 2008.

Habermas seems to harbor some anger with this quot...

2010-08-02T13:03:32.531+10:00

Habermas seems to harbor some anger with this quote: "My first and only question would be why would you, Mr Wilders, think it is necessary to continue the provocations you had in this country with very severe consequences? This is a totally political question. What is the reason? In 1968 we had students, my own students too, who were systematically violating certain rules for the purpose of provocation."

Citing the older generation's silence about Germany's crimes against humanity at the time and the tabloid press reaction to the shooting death of a student protester, Habermas says: "I think at that time, most of the students had very good reasons to provoke".

I don't know about Habermas but there are plenty of people who have seen the consequences of Muslim immigration into non-Muslim societies. The accompanying narrowing of public discourse has been achieved by intimidation and slander and much of it in academic circles so as far I can tell Habermas is not very knowledgeable about Islam and like so many intellectual's of his time trivialized the very thought of jihadis influencing these Muslim communities to such a degree that civil society is undermined and endangered. It's happening nowadays and that's provocation enough.

Now to the matter at hand, and I feel uneasy. If t...

2010-04-03T05:21:36.765+11:00

Now to the matter at hand, and I feel uneasy. If there is a need, this fact is still irrelevant, if there is no feasible way to satisfy this very need. If the financial crisis demonstrates a need for a global constitution, then still everything factually speaks against a real possibility to create precely this. And, should intercultural discourse be mutual? I think so. Who would protest, saying "NO! It must be Western dictate and monologue!" Just asking. So what did Mr. Habermas really say? Flatly nothing at all. And what did we learn hearing it? Blatantly nothing.

- Peter Ingestad, Sweden

The popular comment layout is common, so it is eas...

2010-03-13T00:09:47.245+11:00

The popular comment layout is common, so it is easily recognized scanning to post a comment. If the comment section is in a different format, then I am going to spend more time trying to decipher what everything means.
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I would like to know if Prof. Habermas find in the...

2010-03-09T02:37:31.354+11:00

I would like to know if Prof. Habermas find in the Koran elements of secularism and human rights and if so how are the teaching of Koran adaptible to modern western secularism at all.

Hi aqil, I'll recommend Maeve Cooke. See her ...

2009-12-18T18:51:34.232+11:00

Hi aqil,

I'll recommend Maeve Cooke. See her homepage here for further ifo, http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/staff/maevecooke/

best
ali

Whenever i see the post like your's i feel tha...

2009-12-18T07:04:12.122+11:00

Whenever i see the post like your's i feel that there are still helpful people who share information for the help of others, it must be helpful for other's. thanx and good job.

hi brother, im a big fan of habermas. thanks for y...

2009-12-14T20:46:44.020+11:00

hi brother, im a big fan of habermas. thanks for your good writing in this blog. very useful. now im going to further study on habermas, specifically his thought on religion and public sphere. do you know, where is the best place (and the right supervisor too) for this study?

thanks in advance.

aqil fithri, malaysia
aqilfithri@gmail.com

I am not a philosopher. However, I do have a deep...

2009-12-05T04:17:58.911+11:00

I am not a philosopher. However, I do have a deep concern about the possibility of communication. Is it not possible that Habermas' entire career has been focused on establishing an approach to the possibility of communication within western civilization. Now, suddenly, he and the rest of us are confronted with the necessity of finding a basis for community deeper and more encompassing than what we think of as western civilization?

Yeah, Happy Birthday Professor Habermas. Greeting ...

2009-06-22T07:27:14.122+10:00

Yeah, Happy Birthday Professor Habermas. Greeting from Rotterdam.

Does anyone knows of any comments Habermas has done on the iranian elections?

I would really like to listen to his voice on this issue.

Hi, how can I contact you? I want to start, a lis...

2009-06-03T12:16:38.208+10:00

Hi, how can I contact you?

I want to start, a list of philosophy BLOGS. A small presentation of the thing, a library or address book. But one question I don't know is, how to contact people through blogs, I'm not familiar with this medium.

If time permits, I want you to make a post here,

http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/conversation-f8/

It will get stickied and start a list of philosophy blogs. You could write a small intro too, like "Here is a index and library of PHILOSOPHY blogs ...."

Already an index of BBS is here,
http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/conversation-f8/the-community-of-ephilosophers-philosophy-bbs-sites-t9.htm

Kind regards,

- Niki

After the disappointment at Telos (with Gordon's a...

2009-05-05T20:19:00.000+10:00

After the disappointment at Telos (with Gordon's article above) now things get worse. It's not 5 dollars, now it's 20!! Is there a plan here to stifle public debate, to keep the rifraf from polluting the academy? What is the point of free speech if listening/reading is not free (or at least reasonably priced)?

What about the financial problem of social critici...

2009-05-05T20:07:00.000+10:00

What about the financial problem of social criticism experienced by those who find that they must pay five dollars to read Gordon's excellent article for no more than a day?

In the true spirit of the Frankfurt School, with all its justified antagonism to commodification, has Gordon not put a copy of this article somewhere where his sympathetic fellow travellers can read it without reaching for their credit cards?

Josef, send me an email and I'll send you a soft c...

2009-05-02T17:07:00.000+10:00

Josef, send me an email and I'll send you a soft copy.

Best
Ali

The link to your thesis: Transcendence from within...

2009-05-02T02:12:00.000+10:00

The link to your thesis: Transcendence from within: An interpretation and Analysis(pdf), doesn´t seem to work.

I would love to get a look at your work , since I am struggling to understand Habermas talk about Transcendence from within.

Thanks for an interesting blog!

Thank you.

2009-03-30T15:40:00.000+11:00

Thank you.

Nice post.

2009-03-03T19:56:00.000+11:00

Nice post.

For two obvious reasons:

1) Hamas actually ...

2009-01-09T14:49:00.000+11:00

For two obvious reasons:

1) Hamas actually don't have missiles. It's misnomer to call primitive home made devices "missiles."

2) Israel is the occupier and Hamas and Palestinians are occupied. This is the fundamental asymmetry.

Habermasian Reflections

Just because he refuses to subscribe to the Clash ...

This was an extremely helpful précis! Thank-you Al...

I am working with Habermas' theory of communic...

Gary, no, it's just didn't occur to me. Yo...

thanks Gary for this :))

Habermas never suggested that phenomenology is not...

Ali, you may believe it's humility that keeps ...

"Life after bankruptcy" originally appea...

Habermas seems to harbor some anger with this quot...

Now to the matter at hand, and I feel uneasy. If t...

The popular comment layout is common, so it is eas...

I would like to know if Prof. Habermas find in the...

Hi aqil, I'll recommend Maeve Cooke. See her ...

Whenever i see the post like your's i feel tha...

hi brother, im a big fan of habermas. thanks for y...

I am not a philosopher. However, I do have a deep...

Yeah, Happy Birthday Professor Habermas. Greeting ...

Hi, how can I contact you? I want to start, a lis...

After the disappointment at Telos (with Gordon's a...

What about the financial problem of social critici...

Josef, send me an email and I'll send you a soft c...

The link to your thesis: Transcendence from within...

Thank you.

Nice post.

For two obvious reasons:1) Hamas actually ...

For two obvious reasons:

1) Hamas actually ...