Jürgen Habermas was born in Düsseldorf[1]. He died in Starnberg[2]. He worked as a sociologist[3], philosopher[4], university teacher[5], sociology teacher[6], and professor[7]. He ranks in the top 0.59% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,503 views/month, #5,854 of 1,000,298).[8]
Field of work: philosophy[15], social theory[16], political theory[17], rationalization[18], pragmatism[19], sociology[20]
Employer: Goethe University Frankfurt[21], Northwestern University[22], University of Marburg[23], Heidelberg University[24]
Educated at: University of Marburg[25], University of Göttingen[26], University of Bonn[27], University of Zurich[28]
Doctoral advisor: Erich Rothacker[29], Oskar Becker[30], Wolfgang Abendroth[31]
Award received: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis[32], Wilhelm Leuschner Medal[33], Erasmus Prize[34], Holberg International Memorial Prize[35], Theodor W. Adorno Award[36], Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association[37], Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences[38], State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia[39], Karl Jaspers Prize[40], Hegel Prize[41], Helmholtz Medal[42], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize[43], Kluge Prize[44], Sigmund Freud Prize[45]
Jürgen Habermas has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] He is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
He has been cited as an influence by Hans-Hermann Hoppe[56], an economist[57], b. 1949[58], of Germany[59], awarded the Order of Merit of the Star of Liberland[60], specialised in philosophy[61]; Ken Wilber[62], a writer[63], b. 1949[64], of United States[65], specialised in integral theory[66]; Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens[67], a politician[68], b. 1938[69], of United Kingdom[70], awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences[71], specialised in sociology[72]; André Gorz[73], an economist[74], 1923–2007[75], of France[76], specialised in political ecology[77]; Axel Honneth[78], a philosopher[79], b. 1949[80], of Germany[81], awarded the Ernst Bloch Award[82]; and public sphere[83].
Works attributed to him include The Theory of Communicative Action[84], The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere[85], The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity[86], and Between facts and norm[87].
His notable doctoral advisees include Hans-Hermann Hoppe[88] and Rüdiger Bubner[89].
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