Far from raising claims to exclusivity, completeness or closure, Habermas’s history of philosophy, published in English in three volumes, opens up new lines of research and reflection that will influence the humanities and social sciences for decades to come.

"Originally published in German as Auch eine Geschichte der Philosophie, Band 1 : Die okzidentale Konstellation von Glauben und Wissen. The contents of the present volume correspond to pp. 1-480 of the German edition. Copyright à Suhrkamp Verlag AG Berlin 2019. "--Volume 1, page [iv], title page verso. Summary based on volume one description.

Volume I.The project of a genealogy of postmetaphysical thinking. Crisis scenarios and narratives of decline in major twentieth-century philosophical theories -- Religion as a 'contemporary' manifestation of objective mind? -- The occidental path of development and the claim to university of postmetaphysical thinking -- Basic assumptions of the theory of society and programmatic outlook -- Cognitive breakthrough and preservation of the sacred core -- Myth and ritual practices -- The meaning of the sacred -- The path of the axial transformation of religious consciousness -- The moralization of the sacred and the break with mythical thought -- The repudiation of 'paganism' by Jewish monotheism -- The Buddha's teaching and practice -- Confucianism and Taoism -- From the Greek 'natural philosophers' to Socrates -- Plato's theory of ideas — in comparison.