The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, Habermas
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" A notably fair-minded yet critical and comparative review of key ideas of Marx, Foucault, and Habermas.... As for classroom readability, this study probably will elicit favorable comparison with several recent publications on the Habermas-Foucault debate." --H. G. Reid, University of Kentucky, from Choice
"Foucault and Habermas are the two towering figures of contemporary social theory. The Politics of Historical Vision by Steven Best presents a penetrating, lucid, and persuasive account of how their theories are relevant to contemporary intellectual and political needs." --Richard Wolin, Professor of Modern European Intellectual History, Rice University
"Best presents a unique and worthwhile argument: that the interests of critical social theory are furthered by the confrontation and synthesis of the positions of Marx, Foucault, and Habermas. He does this in a balanced discussion especially of Habermas and Foucault. The book should have a broad readership among the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. Best's clarity of writing, logical strengths, and fairness are truly exemplary." --Mark Poster, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
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Book Description
Providing an important contribution to current controversies regarding history, social theory,politics, and the Foucault\n-\Habermas debates, this work offers a detailed comparison of the transformative uses of history in Foucault and Habermas, using Marx as a modernist contrast. The book clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each thinker's theory for the productive analysis of history and society, relating the work of each to current debates over modern and postmodern theory.
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