Habermas and modernity

pp. 105-134

in: Hossein Mesbahian, Trevor Norris, Dieter Misgeld, Rotterdam, SensePublishers, 2017

Abstract

In your earlier interviews with Hossein, you mentioned that "For me neither modernity nor its foundations are essential topics any more."¹ How do you reach this conclusion? You also mentioned that talking about modernity implied that "there are some societies that are backward, and others which are not, and the ones that are not are Europe and North America. That is what I fear. When there is too much talk of modernity and modernization, it privileges the European and North American path to development."