Synthesized answer
The provided passages do not contain enough information to explain the key concepts of "The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity" in my own words. The passages only offer a brief description of the book's content, mentioning that it is a series of twelve lectures on modern and postmodern thinkers [1]. It lists some of these thinkers, including Hegel, Nietzsche, Bataille, Foucault, and Derrida, and briefly touches on some of their ideas, such as Hegel's critique of subjective reason, Nietzsche's proclamation of the death of philosophy, and Habermas's belief in art's potential to unite fragmented reasoning [1].
However, the passages do not elaborate on what Habermas's own key concepts are, nor do they explain the central arguments or themes of the book in sufficient detail to allow for a comprehensive explanation in my own words.
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From the book
Title: The philosophical discourse of modernity by Jürgen Habermas Description: A series of twelve lectures on Modern and Post Modern thinkers ranging from Hegel who critiqued subjective reason and sought to replace it with Absolute Knowledge to Nietsche who proclaimed the death of philosophy and on to thinkers like Habermas who believed that art might possess the capability of uniting our fragmented reasoning ability and finally to post modern thinkers like Bataille, Focault and Derrida --- Google Books --- Title: The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity by Jürgen Habermas Description:…