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2004 Kyoto Prize Laureates
Arts and Philosophy
Prize Field: Thought and Ethics
"For achievements in social philosophy, particularly in establishing the communicative action theory and discourse ethics, and for their application in practical activities toward a public-minded ideal society."
Professor Jürgen Habermas
Date of Birth: June 18, 1929
Nationality: German
Philosopher
Professor Emeritus, University of Frankfurt
| BRIEF BIOGRAPHY |
| 1929 |
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1949 - 1954 |
Studied at Universities of Göttingen, Zürich, and Bonn |
| 1954 |
University of Bonn Ph.D. (Philosophy) |
| 1956 - 1959 |
Assistant to Theodor W. Adorno, Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt |
| 1961 |
Habilitation for Philosophy, University of Marburg under Wolfgang Abendroth |
| 1961 - 1964 |
Associate Professor, University of Heidelberg |
| 1964 - 1971 |
Full Professor of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Frankfurt |
| 1971 - 1980 |
Director, Max-Planck-Institute for the Research of Life Conditions in the Scientific-Technological World |
| 1980 - 1981 |
Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Sciences |
| 1983 - present |
Professor, University of Frankfurt, (Professor Emeritus since 1994) |
| 1994 - present |
Permanent Visiting Professor, Northwestern University |
| SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS |
| 1974 |
Hegel Prize, City of Stuttgart |
| 1976 |
Sigmund Freud Prize, German Academy of Language and Poetry |
| 1980 |
Adorno Prize, City of Frankfurt |
| 1985 |
The Geschwister-Scholl Prize, City of Munich |
| 1987 |
The Sonning Prize, University of Copenhagen |
| 2003 |
Prince of Asturias Prize for Social Sciences, Prince of Asturias Foundation |
| SELECTED WORKS |
| 1962 |
Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Neuwied-Berlin: Luchterhand (trans. T. Burger, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1989) |
| 1968 |
Erkenntnis und Interesse. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp (trans. J. Shapiro, Knowledge and Human Interests, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1973) |
| 1981 |
Theorie des kommunikative Handelns. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2 vols. (trans. T. McCarthy, The Theory of Communicative Action, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1984/1987) |
| 1992 |
Faktizität und Geltung. Beiträge zur Diskurstheorie des Rechts und des demokratischen Rechtsstaats. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp (trans. W. Rehg, Between Facts and Norms, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996) |
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