en.unionpedia.org

Rainer Forst, the Glossary

Index Rainer Forst

Rainer Forst (born 15 August 1964) is a German philosopher and political theorist, and was called the "most important political philosopher of his generation" in 2012, when he won the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Axel Honneth, Bernard Williams, Charles Larmore, Charles Taylor (philosopher), Communitarianism, Contemporary philosophy, Critical theory, Democracy, Frankfurt School, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Goethe University Frankfurt, Harvard University, Immanuel Kant, Jürgen Habermas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Rawls, Justice, Leibniz Prize, Liberalism, Michael Sandel, Michael Walzer, Pragmatism, Richard J. Bernstein, Social theory, Thomas A. McCarthy, Thomas Hobbes, Toleration, Western philosophy, Wiesbaden.

  2. Frankfurt School

Axel Honneth

Axel Honneth (born 18 July 1949) is a German philosopher who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University. Rainer Forst and Axel Honneth are 20th-century German philosophers, 21st-century German philosophers, academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt School and German political philosophers.

See Rainer Forst and Axel Honneth

Bernard Williams

Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher.

See Rainer Forst and Bernard Williams

Charles Larmore

Charles Larmore (born 23 March 1950) is an American philosopher.

See Rainer Forst and Charles Larmore

Charles Taylor (philosopher)

Charles Margrave Taylor (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history.

See Rainer Forst and Charles Taylor (philosopher)

Communitarianism

Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community.

See Rainer Forst and Communitarianism

Contemporary philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

See Rainer Forst and Contemporary philosophy

Critical theory

A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge power structures. Rainer Forst and critical theory are Frankfurt School.

See Rainer Forst and Critical theory

Democracy

Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

See Rainer Forst and Democracy

Frankfurt School

The Frankfurt School is a school of thought in sociology and critical philosophy.

See Rainer Forst and Frankfurt School

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy. Rainer Forst and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel are German political philosophers.

See Rainer Forst and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Goethe University Frankfurt

Goethe University Frankfurt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

See Rainer Forst and Goethe University Frankfurt

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

See Rainer Forst and Harvard University

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Rainer Forst and Immanuel Kant are German political philosophers.

See Rainer Forst and Immanuel Kant

Jürgen Habermas

Jürgen Habermas (born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. Rainer Forst and Jürgen Habermas are 20th-century German philosophers, 21st-century German philosophers, academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt School, German political philosophers and German political scientists.

See Rainer Forst and Jürgen Habermas

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer.

See Rainer Forst and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

John Rawls

John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition.

See Rainer Forst and John Rawls

Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.

See Rainer Forst and Justice

Leibniz Prize

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), or Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research".

See Rainer Forst and Leibniz Prize

Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

See Rainer Forst and Liberalism

Michael Sandel

Michael Joseph Sandel (born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television.

See Rainer Forst and Michael Sandel

Michael Walzer

Michael Laban Walzer (born March 3, 1935) is an American political theorist and public intellectual.

See Rainer Forst and Michael Walzer

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.

See Rainer Forst and Pragmatism

Richard J. Bernstein

Richard Jacob Bernstein (May 14, 1932 – July 4, 2022) was an American philosopher who taught for many years at Haverford College and then at The New School for Social Research, where he was Vera List Professor of Philosophy.

See Rainer Forst and Richard J. Bernstein

Social theories are analytical frameworks, or paradigms, that are used to study and interpret social phenomena.

See Rainer Forst and Social theory

Thomas A. McCarthy

Thomas McCarthy (born 1940) is John Shaffer Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Northwestern University.

See Rainer Forst and Thomas A. McCarthy

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher.

See Rainer Forst and Thomas Hobbes

Toleration

Toleration is when one allows, permits, an action, idea, object, or person that one dislikes or disagrees with.

See Rainer Forst and Toleration

Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

See Rainer Forst and Western philosophy

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.

See Rainer Forst and Wiesbaden

See also

Frankfurt School

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Forst

Also known as Forst, rainer.