InhaltsangabePreface. I. Portraits. 1. ".And to define America, her athletic Democracy." In Memory of Richard Rorty. 2. How to Answer the Ethical Question: Derrida and Religion. 3. Ronald Dworkin - A Maverick among Legal Scholars. II. Europe, Europe. 4. An Avantgardistic Intuition for Relevances: The Role of the Intellectual and European Question. 5. What is Meant by a "Post-secular Society"? A Discussion on Islam in Europe. 6. European Politics at an Impasse: A Plea for a Policy of Graduated Integration. 7. The Constitutionalization of International Law and the Problems of Legitimating a Constitution for World Society. III. On Reason in the Public Sphere. 8. Media, Markets and Consumers: The Quality Press as the Backbone of the Public Sphere. 9. Political Communication in Media Society - Does Democracy still have an epistemic Dimension? The Impact of Normative Theory on Empirical Research.

Preface. I. Portraits. 1. "...And to define America, her athletic Democracy." In Memory of Richard Rorty. 2. How to Answer the Ethical Question: Derrida and Religion. 3. Ronald Dworkin - A Maverick among Legal Scholars. II. Europe, Europe. 4. An Avantgardistic Intuition for Relevances: The Role of the Intellectual and European Question. 5. What is Meant by a "Post-secular Society"? A Discussion on Islam in Europe. 6. European Politics at an Impasse: A Plea for a Policy of Graduated Integration. 7. The Constitutionalization of International Law and the Problems of Legitimating a Constitution for World Society. III. On Reason in the Public Sphere. 8. Media, Markets and Consumers: The Quality Press as the Backbone of the Public Sphere. 9. Political Communication in Media Society - Does Democracy still have an epistemic Dimension? The Impact of Normative Theory on Empirical Research.