The Politics of Historical Vision

Marx, Foucault, Habermas

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by Steven Best

Guilford Press

Due/Published November 1996, 294 pages, paper

ISBN 1572301457

Best 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.