Research on Habermas’s Thought on the Relationship Between Right and Power

Li Bo

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Research on Habermas’s Thought on the Relationship Between Right and Power

Li Bo

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Received: 26 December 2020 Accepted: 18 January 2021 Published: 25 January 2021

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How to accurately grasp the relationship between right and power is one of the core propositions of political philosophy, and is also a theoretical issue that Habermas has always paid great attention to. By studying Habermas’s thought of the relationship between right and power, we can not only deeply understand the basic concepts of his political philosophy, but also explore the way of thinking to safeguard civil rights and balance political power. Compared with traditional political philosophy, it is not difficult to find that Habermas neither advocates the separation of right and power as liberals, nor advocates the absolute integration of the two as republicans. In his view, the right to be the outcome of citizens’ spontaneous interaction must rely on coercive political power to enter into force. At the same time, political power can only obtain the legitimacy of existence in accordance with the principle of “people’s sovereignty” of the discourse theory, and this legitimacy foundation is precisely reflected in the right system of communication cycle. In short, right and power restrict each other and depend on each other, and they present an isomorphic relationship with moderate tension. Obviously, this view is a historical advance of political philosophy and has great theoretical and practical value.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20210901.12
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Habermas, Right, Power, Liberalism, Republicanism

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The School of Marxism, Tiangong University, Tianjin, P. R. China

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