On March 14, at the age of 96, Jürgen Habermas — one of the key representatives of the Frankfurt School and the creator of the theory of communicative action — passed away. Is a rational way out of the historical dead end still possible, or has Habermas’s death left us alone in the face of chaos? Ukrainian philosopher Mykhailo Minakov, a student of Habermas, analyzes his intellectual path, revisits his legacy through the prism of the Eastern European experience, and compares it with current political processes.

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