II.6. Le choc, le refus et l’élaboration : remarques sur le rapport de Habermas à la Shoah

Habermas’ relationship with the Shoah is both broad and complex. Broad because he quickly came to the acute, painful realization that the Shoah constituted a break in the history of European civilization; complex because he also challenged philosophy and German philosophy in particular. His elaborat...

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Auteur principal: Durand-Gasselin, Jean-Marc
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Français
Publié: 2017
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Habermas’ relationship with the Shoah is both broad and complex. Broad because he quickly came to the acute, painful realization that the Shoah constituted a break in the history of European civilization; complex because he also challenged philosophy and German philosophy in particular. His elaboration of a theory of modernity centered on communication and capable of accounting for intellectual, psychological and political regressions can be read as an answer to this challenge.