RIP Habermas (ft. Matt McManus)

About this episode

Matt McManus joins to discuss the complicated legacy of philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who recently passed away.

Matt McManus joins to discuss the complicated legacy of philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died last Saturday. Read Matt's article "Jürgen Habermas Showed What Philosophy Could Be" in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2026/03/habermas-obituary-critical-theory-philosophy Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Consider donating to Andy's GoFundMe so he can replace his computer and fully go back to doing what he does best: https:...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Burgis

Guest: Matt McManus

Topics covered

• philosophy
• Jürgen Habermas
• critical theory
• legacy
• politics

Keywords

• Jürgen Habermas
• Matt McManus
• philosophy
• critical theory
• legacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jacobin, GTAA

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