The entanglement of power and validity : Foucault and critical theory

In Timothy O'Leary & Christopher Falzon (eds.), Foucault and Philosophy. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 78--98 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Subjection and Autonomy: Foucault contra Habermas What Is Fallacious About the Genetic Fallacy? Conclusion References.

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entanglement of power and validity ‐ Foucault and critical theory   Foucault/Habermas debate, lop‐sided affair ‐ Habermasian critiques of Foucault   Habermasians picture of Foucault ‐ as anti‐humanist, anti‐Enlightenment, anti‐modern nihilist based on a partial reading   developing Foucauldian critique of Habermas ‐ in particular, of his account of autonomy   defending Foucault, against genetic fallacy objection that Habermasians raised   subjection and autonomy ‐ Foucault contra Habermas   genetic fallacy ‐ What is fallacious about it   contradicting Fraser, Foucault is not against discipline or Enlightenment or even autonomy   Fraser's criticism ‐ Foucault's genealogical critique of autonomy and subjection, as a genetic argument   Habermas misunderstanding Foucault ‐ whose aim is, to think through their inescapable entanglement

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