Thinker
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is central to 9 previous-year questions, spanning 2010 to 2024 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
9Questions
2010–24Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Jürgen Habermas
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
public sphere 9civil society 5social capital 5associational life 3citizenship 2fourth estate 2manufacturing consent 2participatory democracy 2watchdog function 2accountability and participationagenda settingcitizen participationcollective identitydemocratic accountabilitydigital dividehegemonynetworked mobilizationreasonable restrictions
Where Jürgen Habermas appears in the syllabus
Every question on Jürgen Habermas
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2023
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