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Foucault Contra Habermas
Recasting the Dialogue between Genealogy and Critical Theory
Edited by:
- Samantha Ashenden - Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
- David Owen - University of Southampton, UK
Courses:
Sociological Theory
Sociological Theory
September 1999 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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 the exchange are subject to a detailed critical analysis. This examination also includes discussion of the ethics of dialogue; the practice of criticism; the politics of recognition , and the function of civil society and democracy.
Samantha Ashenden and David Owen
Introduction
David Owen
Orientation and Enlightenment
Thomas Osborne
Critical Spirituality
Daniel W Conway
Pas de deux
James Tully
To Think and Act Differently
Samantha Ashenden
Questions of Criticism
Mitchell Dean
Normalizing Democracy
Simon Thompson
The Agony and the Ecstasy
