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Bo Isenberg

Bo Isenberg

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer | Director of Doctoral Studies

Bo Isenberg

Habermas on Foucault. Critical remarks

Author

  • Bo Isenberg

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 Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)

Keywords

  • Foucault
  • Habermas
  • critique
  • theory
  • methodology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0001-6993