Jürgen Habermas, Towering Figure of European Philosophy, Dies at 96
Jürgen Habermas was born on June 18, 1929, in Düsseldorf, Germany. He came of age in the shadow of World War II and the Holocaust, experiences that shaped his lifelong commitment to democratic discourse and rational deliberation. Habermas studied philosophy and psychology at the universities of Göttingen, Zurich, and Bonn. He completed his doctorate in…