Ross Abbinnett is a Lecturer in the School of Social and Historical Studies at the University of Portsmouth

• IntroductionIDEALISM AND SOCIAL THOUGHTTHE RATIONAL AND THE SOCIALKant and the Origins of Social ScienceHegel′s Concept of Rational LifeSpeculative Thought and ModernityTHE STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION OF TRUTHStructure, Functions and SystemsMarx′s Critique of CapitalThe Powers of TotalityTHE IDEALISM OF AUTONOMYWeber and the Concept of Social ActionHabermas and the Ethics of CommunicationPOSTSTRUCTURALISM AND THE VIOLENCE OF TRUTHFoucault and the Modern Domains of PowerLyotard and the Community of JudgementViolence, Rationality and CommunityTRUTH AND MODERNITYMarx and WeberUtopic and Dystopic EndsCommunity, Modernity and Speculative JudgementHegel, Derrida and the Metaphysics of RaceBibliographyIndex