The Derrida-Habermas Reader Lasse Thomassen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Habermas's rejection of the line from Bataille to Foucault, including the work of Derrida, is a strategy in a particular historical situation. For the pointer.) UPDATE: As the comments make clear, it's now clear this is an imposter, so readers on UPDATE (2/1, 11 AM): Once again, Leiter Reports readers get results: the fake Habermas Twitter account is gone. You may first encounter the topic of post-structuralism in relation to such works as Différance by Derrida, which is quite a dense text to understand at first. It opens with two distinct liberal and socialist positions by Lord Acton and Otto Bauer, respectively and features contributions form Habermas and Gellner, among others. Matthias Wasser matthias.wasser at gmail.com. The Derrida-Habermas Reader Lasse Thomassen 2006. Outhwaite manages to sustain a level of accessibility that is impressive considering the complexity of the subject matter, whilst simultaneously engaging the more experienced Habermas reader with his depth and attention to detail. This collection brings many ideas to that module on nationalism. [lbo-talk] death to habermas-reading clerics. August 8th, 2011 § 3 comments. Jacques Derrida and Jurgen Habermas have long represented opposite camps in contemporary thought. This reading of Habermas confirms the suggestion made by Pierre Bourdieu that the work of Habermas be understood as an intervention in the German intellectual field. I am reading an interesting book on my iPad's Kindle App at the moment: Contemporary Theories of Learning: Learning Theorists…in their own words. With the start of the new term at Essex looming large, it's time to see if we can get the Habermas reading group rolling. But then there's this weird inclusion of Derek Parfit, whom I did not realize had much in common with Habermas, Derrida, or Lyotard. A very significant area of critical theory, post-structuralist writers also include . Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) Jurgen Habermas 1998. It didn't take long for an anonymous commentator to come to Parfit's defense:.