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