Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:40:10 +0300
Subject: Re: [HAB:] Being-in-the-World [Matt]


This is very interesting point. I agree with Matt et al.. It is true
that Habermas's concept of lifeworld  corresponds very much with
Heidegger's concept of in-der-Welt-sein. Actually term of lifeworld was
invented by Husserl in his "Krisis". One intention of Husserl's last
book was to give a reply to Heidegger's Sein and Zeit. In his book
Husserl make use of some Heidgger's terms and what is important, Husserl
wants to take humans historicity seriously. That is why he created a
term Lebenswelt (lifeworld) as some kind of counterpart to the
Heidegger's term in-der-Welt-sein. And Gadamer make use of both of those
terms by his concept of Horizon. As a student of Heidegger, Habermas
knows all this pretty well.

Greetings from Carelia
Rauno Huttunen
University of Joensuu
Finland


Matt,

1) I agree with you on Heidegger Habermas relation. Interestingly at one

point in his twelve lectures on modernity Habermas uses lifeworld almost
as 
synonymous to 'being in the world' (p. 144).



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