History 4992 - Advanced Seminar: Foucault, Habermas and Liberal Humanism

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Washington University in St Louis

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Michel Foucault is frequently depicted as the most powerful late-20th century critic of Enlightenment humanism, and of its political form, liberal individualism. Jürgen Habermas, one of contemporary Europe's most important living philosophers, has been their most ardent and sophisticated philosophical defender, and in consequence, a sharp critic of Foucault. We analyze the premises of Foucault's critique and Habermas' efforts to establish a viable philosophical and sociological foundation for a genuinely deliberative democracy in a culturally diverse world.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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