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Because of the emancipatory nature of their thought, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, and Rorty challenge domination, but it does not rise to the level of conscious critique in their writings. This title captures insights of these thinkers and places them into the larger, pluralistic movement toward philosophical freedom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Great Demarcation
1. Challenges to Ousia in the Work of Jacques Derrida
2. The Privilege of Presence and the Derridean Knot
3. Ousiodic Structure vs. the Speech Community in Richard Rorty
4. Irony and Redescription as Challenges to Ousia
5. Centrality as a Challenge to Ousia in Jrgen Habermas
6. Universality, Centrality, and the Theory of Communicative Action
7. Michel Foucault's Challenges to Ousia
8. Challenge and Description in Foucault
9. The Great Demarcation and the Situation of Freedom
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/05/2000
      ISBN13: 9780253213631, 978-0253213631
      ISBN10: 0253213630

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Because of the emancipatory nature of their thought, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, and Rorty challenge domination, but it does not rise to the level of conscious critique in their writings. This title captures insights of these thinkers and places them into the larger, pluralistic movement toward philosophical freedom.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      Introduction: The Great Demarcation
      1. Challenges to Ousia in the Work of Jacques Derrida
      2. The Privilege of Presence and the Derridean Knot
      3. Ousiodic Structure vs. the Speech Community in Richard Rorty
      4. Irony and Redescription as Challenges to Ousia
      5. Centrality as a Challenge to Ousia in Jrgen Habermas
      6. Universality, Centrality, and the Theory of Communicative Action
      7. Michel Foucault's Challenges to Ousia
      8. Challenge and Description in Foucault
      9. The Great Demarcation and the Situation of Freedom
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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