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A cussed optimist :

Habermas and the unshakable hope for humanity

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Attentive to others: Jürgen Habermas in conversation with Siegfried Unseld and Marcel Reich-Ranicki before accepting the Hessian Culture Prize 1999 in Wiesbaden.

Attentive to others: Jürgen Habermas in dialog with Siegfried Unseld and Marcel Reich-Ranicki earlier than accepting the Hessian Culture Prize 1999 in Wiesbaden.dpa

Despite his darkish historical past, Habermas stays a cussed optimist. Thomas Nagel praises him as a warm-hearted, ethical utopian.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/habermas-optimismus-und-moralische-hoffnung-trotz-historie-110853872.html