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List of Jurgen Habermas Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 49 inspiring quotes by Jurgen Habermas.

About Jurgen Habermas

  • Born: June 18, 1929
  • Occupation: Philosopher
    • Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style
    Art War Technology
    Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to september 11. but for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.
    September 11 Important Development
    Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. if one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed.
    War Years People
    Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.
    Cities Three Manhattan
    The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the american media during the months after september 11...only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.
    Betrayal Government Media
    What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. the attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the american nation.
    Icons Target Manhattan
    Perhaps september 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.
    Reality Impact House
    The misery in war-torn afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the thirty years' war.
    War Years Misery
    If the september 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.
    Impact Terror Attacks Historical
    A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting
    Embarrassing Danger Uncertain
    Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the exercise of political and social authority, the more it is generated for the purpose of an abstract vote that amounts to no more than an act of acclamation within a public sphere temporarily manufactured for show or manipulation.
    Exercise Giving Political
    After september 11, the european governments have completely failed. they are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.
    Government September 11 Scope
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