Foucault Contra Habermas

Samantha Ashenden is Senior Lecturer in Sociology. She has a BA (Hons) Applied Social Science from Kingston University, an M.Phil in Social and Political Theory from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of London. She has published on problems of power, authority and legitimacy within constitutional states, the role of expertise in contemporary governance, and on feminist theory and child sexual abuse. She has taught on the London Consortium Ph.D Programme, and at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, as well as at Queen Mary University of London, the University of North London, and Kingston University. Sam is currently Chair of the BA Politics, Philosophy and History. She is the Managing Editor of the journal Economy and Society and is reviews editor for the journal Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy David Owen is lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Maturity and Modernity (1994) and Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity (1995).CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERESamanta Ashenden Birkbeck College University of LondonPaul Connolly University of UlsterMitchell Dean Macquarrie UniversityPeter Jowers University of the West of EnglandThomas Osborne University of BristolRalph Schroeder Royal Holloway College University of LondonNigel South University of EssexSean Watson University of the West of EnglandMalcolm Waters University of Tasmania

• Introduction - Samantha Ashenden and David OwenFoucault, Habermas and the Politics of CritiqueOrientation and Enlightenment - David OwenAn Essay on Critique and GenealogyCritical Spirituality - Thomas OsborneOn Ethics and Politics in the Later FoucaultPas de deux - Daniel W ConwayHabermas and Foucault in Genealogical CommunicationTo Think and Act Differently - James TullyFoucault′s Four Reciprocal Objections to Habermas′ TheoryQuestions of Criticism - Samantha AshendenHabermas and Foucault on Civil Society and ResistanceNormalizing Democracy - Mitchell DeanFoucault and Habermas on Democracy, Liberalism and LawThe Agony and the Ecstasy - Simon ThompsonFoucault, Habermas and the Problem of Recognition