Is Habermas a critical theorist? Continuities and discontinuities in the Frankfurt School

In this Chapter, I will explore the view that Habermas in his critique of Horkheimer and T.W. Adorno left behind not just their particular version of critical theory as it had emerged in the 1940s, but critical theory in the broad sense of a particularly self-reflective form of theorising that is carried out in the pursuit of social emancipation. Specifically, my suggestion will be that Habermas, in this critique, falls short especially of the self-reflective aspect of such an endeavour, despite sharing a commitment to that aspect.