Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a key Enlightenment figure, questioned societal norms and authority, emphasizing equality and liberty. His quote, 'To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness,' ...

Today’s youth cherish “authenticity,” but is it a virtue? According to a report from Ernst & Young, more than 9 in 10 Gen Z respondents indicated that being authentic and true to yourself is extremely ...

Jürgen Habermas, who has died aged 96, was the most important German philosopher of the post-war era, though one whose abstruse and cumbersome style meant that he was never an easy read.

German philosopher Juergen Habermas, one of the world's most influential thinkers and a leading voice in shaping postwar German thought, has died at age 96.

After more than seventy years writing and thinking about democracy, capitalism, and the possibility of emancipatory politics, ...

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was ...

According to reports, Larijani was killed by Israeli and American strikes along with Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the IRGC Basij force. Ali Larijani had long occupied a distinctive position within ...

Israel says Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official who was widely believed to be running the country after the killing ...

Among the many things that remain of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026, are two things: firstly, that the crisis of capitalism – a word the social-democratic master ...

Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas was a world-renowned thinker on modernity and democracy who helped shape ...