This translation © 1983 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first published 1983. These essays originally appeared in German as parts of Habermas’s books Philosophisch-politische Profile (© 1971 by Suhrkamp Verlag) and Kultur und Kritik. Verstreute Aufsätze (© 1973 by Suhrkamp Verlag). The transation herein published is based on the revised edition of Philosophisch-politische Profile (© 1981 Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt).

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