Ideals and Illusions: On Reconstruction and Deconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory

By Thomas A. McCarthy

Book Overview

These lucid and closely reasoned studies of the thought of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, and Richard Rorty provide a coherent analysis of major pathways in recent critical theory. They defend a position analogous to Kant's - that ideas of reason are "both "unavoi

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262132680
• ISBN13: 9780262132688
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"