Modernism and postmodernism when Habermas

Abstract

This research includes Habermas attitude towards modernity and post – modernity which was represented in post –modernity، post –philosophy and post –art. Habermas set out from his new realized the attitnde taken by the philosophers of Frankfurt school (horkheimer، adorno and marcuse) from the stage of modernity، so Habermas assumed that their attitude was illogical because it was exaggertive. Therefore، Habermas defended modernity which contrasts with the above –modernity philosophers and the movement of post – modernity which was represented by the French philosophers who caned for overtaking modernity to post –modernity. For Habermas dimensional represents an important stage as the modernity didn’t give its product yat and the human crises which went side by side with modernity never meat side by side with modernity ever meant the cause behind modernity. Furthermore، Habermas says، the modernity is an incomplete project، thus we have to be slow in order to keep the great achievement of modernity، so its collapse ieads to collapse of the western civilization.