Critique, Norm, and Utopia

Download or read book Critique, Norm, and Utopia written by Seyla Benhabib and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Displaying an impressive command of complex materials, Seyla Benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view and examines the origins and transformations of the concept of critique from the works of Hegel to Habermas. Through investigating the model of the philosophy of the subject, she pursues the question of how Hegel´s critiques might be useful for reforumulating the foundations of critical social theory.