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Jurgen Habermas is the last of the Frankfurt School's system-builders, and the reason he is hard to read is that the system arrived in instalments over fifty years: a theory of knowledge, then a theory of communication, then a theory of law and democracy, each rewriting the last.

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How should I approach learning understanding habermas?
Jurgen Habermas is the last of the Frankfurt School's system-builders, and the reason he is hard to read is that the system arrived in instalments over fifty years: a theory of knowledge, then a theory of communication, then a theory of law and democracy, each rewriting the last.
What's a good book to start understanding habermas with?
A strong starting point is Habermas and the Public Sphere by Craig J. Calhoun. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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