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.

Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor, has been predicting this political moment for decades. We called him to discuss where we go from here. By Lauren Jackson I am the host of Believing. Michael ...

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him ...

After more than seventy years writing and thinking about democracy, capitalism, and the possibility of emancipatory politics, the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas died on Friday, age ninety-six. For ...

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 ...

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