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The German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important intellectuals in the world. On the occasion of his 90th birthday, Yves Bossart speaks with Seyla Benhabib and Rainer Forst, two of Habermas' most influential students, about his theory and his political demands. ???? Subscribe now to SRF Kultur Sternstunden on YouTube ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkulturster... Jürgen Habermas is a theorist who repeatedly gets involved in public debates. As early as the 1960s, he became a driving force behind the left-wing student movement, whose activism he later criticized. Habermas lives what his theory demands: a lively, public debate. Justice can only be found in conversation, says the 90-year-old, in the "domination-free discourse" of all those affected. But how can this ideal of reasonable conversation be realized? How does democracy work in times of digitalization and globalization? Yves Bossart talks about this with two of Habermas' most important students: Seyla Benhabib, professor of philosophy and politics at Yale University, and Rainer Forst, professor of philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. Literature: ???? Stefan Müller-Doohm: «Jürgen Habermas. A Biography», Suhrkamp, 2014 Sternstunde Philosophie from June 23, 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRF Kultur on YouTube ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... SRF Kultur on Facebook ???? / srfkultur SRF Kultur on Twitter ???? / srfkultur SRF Kultur on srf.ch ???? https://www.srf.ch/kultur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The «Sternstunde Philosophie» cultivates an in-depth and critical exchange of ideas and gets to the bottom of the burning questions of our time. The "Sternstunde Philosophie" draws a broad arc from sociopolitical current affairs to the fundamental questions of philosophy: who is responsible for what, what does human freedom consist of, what determines our meaning in life? Guests include personalities from science, culture, politics and business - voices that stimulate thought and reflect on and classify our current events. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFCulture #SRFSternstunde #Philosophie #SRF #JürgenHabermas #Habermas #HabermasTheorie