The great German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died in March, wrote in his later works about what he called Unheimlichkeit — roughly translated as "the unease of the times" — to describe the global retreat of liberal democracy, the fraying of the rules-based international order, and the increasing polarisation and hostility of public discourse. And yet, to the end he defended Enlightenment reason and the utility of rational debate. In a world that seems to be losing its democratic bearings, has Habermas' day passed? Or is the problem more that we haven't read him carefully enough?Guest: <a href="https://www.rug.nl/staff/p.j.verovsek/?lang=en">Peter J. Verovšek</a>, Assistant Professor in the History of European Integration, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsProducer: David Rutledge<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/religion/jurgen-habermas-death-as-end-of-vision-of-democratic-life/106914794">Did Jürgen Habermas's death also mark the end of his vision of democratic life?</a> - Peter Verovšek for <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/religion">ABC Religion & Ethics</a>

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