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Samantha Ashenden
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Foucault Contra Habermas: Recasting the Dialogue between Genealogy and Critical Theory (Philosophy and Social Criticism Series) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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224 |
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1999-09-13 |
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0803977719 |
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SAGE Publications Ltd |
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0.77 pounds |
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9.06 x 0.47 x 6.06 inches |
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Foucault contra Habermas is an incisive examination of, and a comprehensive introduction to, the debate between Foucault and Habermas over the meaning of enlightenment and modernity. It reprises the key issues in the argument between critical theory and genealogy and is organised around three complementary themes: defining the context of the debate; examining the theoretical and conceptual tools used; and discussing the implications for politics and criticism. In a detailed reply to Habermas' Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, this volume explains the difference between Habermas' philosophical practice and Foucault's between the analytics of truth and the politics of truth. Many of the most difficult arguments in th
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