Editors' introduction

John B. Thompson, David Held

1-20

Habermas and Marxism

Agnes Heller

21-41

Habermas's concept of critical theory

Rüdiger Bubner

42-56

Rationality and relativism

Habermas's "overcoming" of hermeneutics

Thomas A. Mccarthy

57-78

Cognitive interests and self-reflection

Henning Ottmann

79-97

Science and objectivity

Mary Hesse

98-115

Universal pragmatics

John B. Thompson

116-133

Of Gods and demons

Habermas and practical reason

Steven Lukes

134-148

Labour and interaction

Anthony Giddens

149-161

Habermas's theory of social evolution

Michael Schmid

162-180

Crisis tendencies, legitimation and the state

David Held

181-195

Critical sociology and authoritarian state socialism

Andrew Arato

196-218

A reply to my critics

Jürgen Habermas

219-283