The scientific reports at the round table presented different aspects of the scientific works of J. Habermas. The contributors analyzed normative themes, such as creative heritage of J. Habermas and the modern political thought, his theory of communicative action and the conception of deliberative democracy, the perception of the state and revolution, the nature of the political and public sphere. The conference proved the applicability of the normative-theoretical conceptions of Habermas in reality: in applied political science and in solving humane social problems in practice.