A Threatened Nation Can React To Uncertain

[critical Social Science Attempts] To Determine When Theoretical Statements Grasp Invariant Regularities Of Social Action As Such And When They Express Ideologically Frozen Relations Of Dependence That Can In Principle Be Transformed.

Disappointment Over Nationalistic Authoritarian Regimes May Have Contributed To The Fact That Today Religion Offers A New And Subjectively More Convincing Language For Old Political Orientations.

Reaching And Understanding Is The Process Of Bringing About An Agreement On The Presupposed Basis Of Validity Claims That Are Mutually Recognized.

The Only Knowledge That Can Truly Orient Action Is Knowledge That Frees Itself From Mere Human Interests And Is Based In Ideas - In Other Words Knowledge That Has Taken A Theoretical Attitude.

A Threatened Nation Can React To Uncertain Dangers Solely Through Administrative Channels, To The Truly Embarrassing Situation Of Perhaps Overreacting