Evolution or Progress? A (Critical) Defence of Habermas's Theory of Social Development

Thesis Eleven

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-112

  Kirkpatrick, Graeme ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmentalism; evolution; Habermas; history; Kant

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247456585     PISSN: 07255136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0725513603072001135     Document Type: Article

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