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Habermas is Dead. Will his ideas live on?

On Germany's most famous public philosopher

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Katja Hoyer
Mar 15, 2026
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Habermas in 2008. Img: Wolfram Huke, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jürgen Habermas is dead. His passing away yesterday at the age of 96 marks the end of one of the most distinctive and influential thinkers in modern …

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