Jurgen Habermas

The public sphere is a space of power and domination, not just rational discourse.

Communicative rationality is distinct from instrumental rationality.

The lifeworld is the reservoir of cultural traditions and identities.

The rule of law is a precondition for a democratic public sphere.

The future of democracy depends on the revitalization of the public sphere.

The integration of Europe is a path towards a more just and peaceful global order.

The rationalization of society has a dark side, leading to alienation and reification.

The social sciences should aim at emancipation, not just prediction and control.

The concept of 'human rights' is a universalizable moral intuition.

I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous… Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect.

The European Union is a post-democratic construct, a technocratic monster that lacks democratic legitimacy.

The colonization of the lifeworld by system imperatives is the real pathology of modernity.

The United States is the last remaining superpower, but it is also the most dangerous rogue state.

Postmodernism is just another form of neoconservatism.

The German left's obsession with Israel borders on anti-Semitism.

Christianity is the only religion that has developed the cognitive potential for universal morality.

The internet is destroying the public sphere.

Multiculturalism leads to the disintegration of democratic societies.

The European left has become anti-intellectual and anti-scientific.

Trump is not the disease, he is the symptom of the degradation of American democracy.