Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I. A DEBATE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
INTRODUCTION
1. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE DEBATE
II. MEANING, LANGUAGE, AND COMMUNICATION
2. HOW A DEBATE TAKES OFF
3. INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND LIFEWORLD
III. BETWEEN HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
4. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION: THE INITIAL DEBATES
5. EVOLUTION AND HISTORY: THE HARVEST (1977- )
IV. THE DEBATE ON LEGITIMACY
6. COMPLEXITY AND DEMOCRACY (1968- 71)
7. PARADOXES OF LEGITIMACY: CRISES AND RISKS (1973-91)
8. "BEFORE THE LAW" (1992- )
V. FURTHER DEBATES
9. BROADER PERSPECTIVES- LUHMANN, HABERMAS, FOUCAULT, AND BOURDIEU
EPILOGUE: HABERMAS'S LIMITATIONS TO SECULARIZATION (2019)
NOTES
REFERENCE LIST
INDEX