The postnational constellation
Subtitle: political essays
By: Jürgen Habermas ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Max Pensky.
Contributors: Pensky, Max, 1961-
Edition: 1st MIT Press ed.
Series: Studies in contemporary German social thought
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780262082976; 9780262582063
Subjects: National state; Democracy; World politics -- 1989-
Notes: Translation of: Die postnationale Konstellation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a people? the Frankfurt "Germanists' Assembly" of 1846 and the self-understanding of the humanities in the Vormärz; title: On the public use of history; title: Learning from catastrophe? a look back at the short twentieth century; title: The postnational constellation and the future of democracy; title: Remarks on legitimation through human rights; title: Conceptions of modernity: a look back at two traditions; title: The differing rhythms of philosophy and politics: Herbert Marcuse at 100; title: An argument against human cloning: three replies.