Oskar Negt

Oskar Negt (b. 1934) is one of the key figures in the second generation of Critical Theory intellectuals, along with such luminaries as Jürgen Habermas and Alexander Kluge. Negt completed his Ph.D. under Theodor Adorno in 1962 and served as an assistant to Habermas until 1980. In 1970 he was appointed Professor of Sociology at the Leibniz University of Hannover and became known as a leading social philosopher. Negt has collaborated with Kluge on three major books on sociology since the 1970s. Since 1988, Kluge has conducted over 60 television interviews with Negt on philosophical, sociological, literary, and political topics of interest to them both; a selection is included here.