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Critical theory and its aporias

From the latest issue of Krisis, a special section on Axel Honneth's Das Recht der Freiheit (and a reply by Honneth). Gulshan Khan (Nottingham): Critical Republicanism: Jurgen Habermas and Chantal Mouffe. Plamen Makariev (Sofia): Cultural Rights and Deliberative Policy: Beyond Habermas' "Between Facts and Norms". Vito Breda (Cardiff): Constitutional Patriotism: A Reasonable Theory of Radical Democracy? An interview with Jurgen Habermas on discourse theory and international law. Benoit Peeters's biography Derrida contains a short description of the reconciliation of Jacques Derrida and Jurgen Habermas in 1999-2000. Habermas, Adorno, Politics: Gordon Finlayson is the ubercool continental philosopher with Marxist-influenced radical, progressive, non-aligned politics lined up with modern European philosophy and critical theory. J. F. Dorahy on critical theory and its aporias.