Bo Isenberg
Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer
Habermas on Foucault. Critical remarks
Author
Summary, in English
The relation between the œuvres of Jurgen Habermas and Michel Foucault constitutes an important reference point to several aspects of contemporary social research and philosophical discussion. In this paper I give an account of Habermas's critique of Foucault, a critique which operates on three levels-methodology, empirical descriptions, and political implications. I also make some commentaries on the critique, where I propose that Habermas and Foucault work within different ensembles of theories, concepts and discourses. This means, consequently, that on several occasions Habermas's critique is confusing and misses the point.
Department/s
- Sociology
Publishing year
1991
Language
English
Pages
299-308
Publication/Series
Acta Sociologica
Volume
34
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Keywords
- Foucault
- Habermas
- critique
- theory
- methodology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0001-6993