Author(s)

Shushan Tian

Corresponding Author

Shushan Tian

Abstract

Since the 20th century, critical theory has developed in the Western intellectual community and has not only become an important social theory, but also a rather powerful academic ideological trend. Its critical objects include philosophy, political science, aesthetics, and literature in many areas, it has become a social feature. It is on such a huge academic stage that Jurgen Habermas came to the stage and attracted people's attention with his diverse ideas and outstanding academic achievements. Habermas has innovated critical theory from a grand and novel angle, outlined a new framework, and made critical theory get rid of the ideological imprisonment of the early Frankfurt School, which provided it with greater room for development and left a profound The influence is called "the second generation of bearers of the Frankfurt School". This article focuses on Habermas's critical theory and briefly analyzes and discusses it.

Keywords

Habermas; Media; Critical Theory; Frankfurt School