Habermas and Literature: The Public Sphere and the Social Imaginary - Paperbackby Geoff Boucher (Author) Although Habermas has written about the cultural role of literature and about literary works, he has not systematically articulated a literary critical method as a component of either communicative reason or post metaphysical thinking. Habermas and Literature brings Habermasian concepts and categories into contact with aesthetic and cultural theories in and around the Frankfurt School, and beyond. Its central claim is that