Ep. 391: Habermas Defends Modernity (Part One)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On Jürgen Habermas’ The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985), featuring guest John Ganz.  Habermas defines modernity as Enlightenment ideals, discusses what's wrong with them (subjectivity), how Hegel argues constructively that a social element needs to be added this this, and how many other critics (e.g. Adorno, Nietzsche, and Foucault) instead argue more destructively against Enlightenment values like Truth, liberty, and justice. Sponsors: Check out the Scribe Optimize Workflow AI platform at Scribe.how/PEL. Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel. The post Ep. 391: Habermas Defends Modernity (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.