Rainer Forst

Rainer Forst (b 1964) is a German philosopher and political theorist. Currently he is Professor of Political Theory at the Department for Social Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. He is often identified with the newest generation of scholars associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He received his doctorate under the supervision of Jürgen Habermas in 1993.

His main areas of research are political theory, pragmatism, tolerance, and policial and social justice. His first book in English, Contexts of Justice, incorporated elements of Anglo-American liberal theory and communitarianism with German critical and social theory.

Publications

 * Kontexte der Gerechtigkeit. Politische Philosophie jenseits von Liberalismus und Kommunitarismus. 1994, 1996 und 2004, Suhrkamp Verlag. English Title (von John M. M. Farrell): Contexts of Justice. Political Philosophy beyond Liberalism and Communitarianism, Berkley. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002.
 * Toleranz. Philosophische Grundlagen und gesellschaftliche Praxis einer umstrittenen Tugend. 2000, Campus Verlag (Herausgeber). (In German)
 * Toleranz im Konflikt. Geschichte, Gehalt und Gegegenwart eines umstrittenen Begriffs".2003, Suhrkamp Verlag. (In German)
 * "Das Recht auf Rechtfertigung. Elemente einer konstruktivistischen Theorie der Gerechtigkeit". March 2007, Suhrkamp Verlag. (In German)