On Jürgen Habermas' Legitimation Crisis.

 

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We are in crisis, no doubt about that. But what kind? And what is the relation between economic, political and socio-cultural crisis?

 

In this first episode on Legitimacy, we go through part 1 of Habermas' book, to try to understand some key concepts: system integration versus social integration; what Habermas means by social systems and subsystems; and whether growing individuation makes us more or less prone to manipulation by the political command centre.

 

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