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 (14,153 views/month, #5,854 of 1,000,298).[8]
Field of work: philosophy[14], social theory[15], political theory[16], rationalization[17], pragmatism[18], sociology[19]
Employer: Goethe University Frankfurt[20], Northwestern University[21], University of Marburg[22], Heidelberg University[23]
Educated at: University of Marburg[24], University of Göttingen[25], University of Bonn[26], University of Zurich[27]
Doctoral advisor: Erich Rothacker[28], Oskar Becker[29], Wolfgang Abendroth[30]
Award received: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis[31], Wilhelm Leuschner Medal[32], Erasmus Prize[33], Holberg International Memorial Prize[34], Theodor W. Adorno Award[35], Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association[36], Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences[37], State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia[38], Karl Jaspers Prize[39], Hegel Prize[40], Helmholtz Medal[41], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize[42], Kluge Prize[43], Sigmund Freud Prize[44]
Jürgen Habermas has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] He is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
He has been cited as an influence by Hans-Hermann Hoppe[55], an economist[56], b. 1949[57], of Germany[58], awarded the Order of Merit of the Star of Liberland[59], specialised in philosophy[60]; Ken Wilber[61], a writer[62], b. 1949[63], of United States[64], specialised in integral theory[65]; Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens[66], a politician[67], b. 1938[68], of United Kingdom[69], awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences[70], specialised in sociology[71]; André Gorz[72], an economist[73], 1923–2007[74], of France[75], specialised in political ecology[76]; Axel Honneth[77], a philosopher[78], b. 1949[79], of Germany[80], awarded the Ernst Bloch Award[81]; and public sphere[82].
Works attributed to him include The Theory of Communicative Action[83], The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere[84], The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity[85], and Between facts and norm[86].
His notable doctoral advisees include Hans-Hermann Hoppe[87] and Rüdiger Bubner[88].
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