Theory and Practice

Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

'It is not altogether easy to assess the work of a scholar whose professional competence extends from the logic of science to the sociology of knowledge, by way of Marx, Hegel, and the more recondite sources of European metaphysical tradition.... At an age when most of his colleagues have painfully established control over one corner of the field, he has made himself the master of the whole, in depth and breadth alike.' George Lichtheim

• Translator's Note. Introduction: Some Difficulties in the Attempt to Link Theory and Praxis.1. The Classical Doctrine of Politics in Relation to Social Philosophy.2. Natural Law and Revolution.3. Hegel's Critique of the French Revolution.4. Labour and Interaction: Remarks on Hegel's Jena Philosophy of Mind. .5. On Hegel's Political Writings.6. Between Philosophy and Science: Marxism as Critique.7. Dogmatism, Reason, and Decision: On Theory and Praxis in our Scientific Civilization.Notes.Index.