sees in modernism the endless cycle of attempts to introduce the ever new. Postmodernism, as he understands it, finally has broken the modern cycle of constant progress. The critical social theory of J. Habermas can be located within the larger tradition of the work begun by the members of the Frankfurt School of Social Research. Where Adorno and Horkheimer rejected the project of modernity, Habermas continues to search for a way to rescue the project of the Enlightenment