Wednesday, January 14, 2026

New Book: Habermas and the Transformations of Critical Theory


Habermas and the Transformations of Critical Theory: Faces of Critique

Ed. by Amirhosein Khandizaji & James J. Chriss

(Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026) 

405 pages







Contents

1. James J. Chriss & Amirhosein Khandizaji – Introduction [Preview]

2. Hans-Herbert Kögler – Between Dialogue and Empathy: On Multiple Sources of Moral Agency After Habermas [Preview]

3. Michael J. Thompson – On the Ontological Content of Morality: A Critique of Habermas and the Postmetaphysical Turn 

4. Simon Susen – Habermas and the Task of Contemporary Philosophy [Abstract]

5. Stefano Petrucciani – Reconceiving Emancipation: Habermas’s Critique of Marxian Monism [Abstract]

6. Darrow Schecter – Heller, Abendroth, and Habermas: Communicative Action Between Plebiscitary Democracy and Social Statehood [Abstract]

7. James J. Criss – Habermas, Mead, Husserl: A Triadic Exploration

8. Alexandro Ferrara – What the Controversy over "The Reasonable" Reveals: On Habermas’s Auch eine Geschichte der Philosophie [Abstract]

9. Peter J. Verovšek – The Last Public Intellectual? Jürgen Habermas in the Digital Public Sphere [Abstract]


Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Thomas M. Schmidt 1960-2025

Professor Thomas M. Schmidt (Frankfurt) died on December 31, 2025:

See 

* Rainer Forst - "Thomas M. Schmidt – Die Religion im Diskurs der Moderne" (Frankfurter Rundschau)

* Matthias Lutz-Bachmann - "Vernünftige Freiheit? Religion in der sich auflösenden Moderne" (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)


See also my blog post on "Festschrift für Thomas M. Schmidt" (2025).




Thursday, January 01, 2026

Eduardo Mendieta has died, aged 61

Eduardo Mendieta died from cancer on December 17, 2025:

* Daily Nous (Justin Weinberg)

* Progressive Geographies (Stuart Elden)

* Funeral homepage