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German Texts: Sprachpragmatik und Philosophie and Zur Rekonsiruktion des
Historischen Materialismus; Copyright © 1976 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt
am Main.
Introduction and English translation: Copyright © 1979 by Beacon Press.
Beacon Press books are published under the auspices
of the Unitarian Universalist Association
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“What is Universal Pragmatics?’’ was originally published as “Was
heisst Universalpragmatik” in Sprachpragmatik und Philosophie,
edited by Karl-Otto Apel, Suhrkamp, Verlag, 1976.
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“Moral Development and Ego Identity,” “Historical Materialism and the
Development of Normative Structures,’ “Toward a Reconstruction of
Historical Materialism,” and “Legitimation Problems in the Modern
State’ were originally published as ““Moralentwicklung und Ich-Identifat,”
“Einleitung: Historischer Materialismus und die Entwicklung normativer
Strukturen,’’ “Zur Rekonstruktion des Historischen Materialismus,” and
“Legitimationsprobleme in modernen Staat,’’ respectively, in Zur
Rekonstruktion des Historischen Materialismus, by Jiirgen Habermas,
Suhrkamp Verlag, 1976.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following:
American Psychological Association and Jane Loevinger for permission to print
the schema ‘Stages of Ego Development,” from the article “The Meaning and
Measurement of Ego Development,” by Jane Loevinger, American Psychologist,
Volume 21, No. 3, March 1966.
The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc., for permission to print
the schema ‘Stages of Moral Consciousness,’ from the article “Conflict and
Transition in Adolescent Moral Development,’’ by Elliot Turiel, Child Develop-
ment, 45 (1974).
Academic Press and Lawrence Kohlberg for permission to print the schema
“Definition of Moral Stages,” from the essay “From Is to Ought,’ by Lawrence
Kohlberg, Cognitive Development and Epistemology, Theodore Mischel (ed.),
New York, 1971.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Habermas, Jiirgen.
Communication and the evolution of society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
x. Social evolution. 2. Pragmatics. 3. Historical
materialism. 4. State, The. 5. Social sciences—
Philosophy. J. Title.
HM106.H313 301.14 77-88324
ISBN 0-8070-1521-1 ISBN 0-8070-1513—X pbk.