The work of the largest German philosopher and social theorist, first published in 1973, and since then has gone through many reprints, is devoted to the problems of legitimation of late capitalism associated with such a key condition for the existence of capitalist political systems as obtaining the “consent” of citizens for their preservation . Today, these political systems are facing serious crises that threaten their very existence. One of the fundamental foundations of the modern crisis of capitalism, according to Habermas, is the contradiction between the dynamics of capitalist growth and the demands for greater political participation, social justice and equality put forward by citizens of capitalist societies. The book will be of interest to all those who are interested in the political and social problems of the modern world, which today has again entered a phase of a protracted systemic crisis.