Hello. I've been reading this list for awhile, but this is my first post.
I'm teaching two courses this semester having to do with Foucault and
Habermas. In my dept., Habermas is favored over Foucault (god only knows
why). We have weekly staff meetings to discuss the readings and
inevitably, at this point in the term, the Habermasians point to
Foucault's "crypto-normativity". The term comes up in a Habermasian piece
in Mike Kelly's "Critique and Power" (MIT Press). I was wondering if
anyone out there has a firm grip on this charge and how to counter it?
Thanks,
Henry Rubin
Cambridge, MA