Darrow Schecter is Reader in the School of History, Art History and Humanities, University of Sussex, UK. He has written books and articles on social and political thought, including Beyond Hegemony (2005); The History of the Left From Marx to the Present: Theoretical Perspectives (2007), and Critique of Instrumental Reason from Weber to Habermas (2010). He teaches history and political theory at the University of Sussex.

"This splendid book contains exceptionally insightful discussions of critical theory, Heidegger, Arendt and other theorists and opens up an exceptionally important argument about the relations between legality and legitimacy." --William Outhwaite, Chair of Sociology, Newcastle University

• Introduction1: From Reason to Rationalisation: The Emergence of the Weberian Paradigm2: The Revolutionary Critique of Instrumental Reason: Lukács and Benjamin3: Horkheimer, Adorno and Critical Theory4: The Ontological and Republican Critiques: Heidegger and Arendt5: Reason, Thinking and the Critique of Everyday Life6: From Rationalisation to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian ParadigmConclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist LegitimacyBibliographyIndex

Darrow Schecter is Reader in the School of History, Art History and Humanities, University of Sussex, UK. He has written books and articles on social and political thought, including Beyond Hegemony (2005); The History of the Left From Marx to the Present: Theoretical Perspectives (2007), and Critique of Instrumental Reason from Weber to Habermas (2010). He teaches history and political theory at the University of Sussex.

"This splendid book contains exceptionally insightful discussions of critical theory, Heidegger, Arendt and other theorists and opens up an exceptionally important argument about the relations between legality and legitimacy." --William Outhwaite, Chair of Sociology, Newcastle University

• Introduction1: From Reason to Rationalisation: The Emergence of the Weberian Paradigm2: The Revolutionary Critique of Instrumental Reason: Lukács and Benjamin3: Horkheimer, Adorno and Critical Theory4: The Ontological and Republican Critiques: Heidegger and Arendt5: Reason, Thinking and the Critique of Everyday Life6: From Rationalisation to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian ParadigmConclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist LegitimacyBibliographyIndex

Darrow Schecter is Reader in the School of History, Art History and Humanities, University of Sussex, UK. He has written books and articles on social and political thought, including Beyond Hegemony (2005); The History of the Left From Marx to the Present: Theoretical Perspectives (2007), and Critique of Instrumental Reason from Weber to Habermas (2010). He teaches history and political theory at the University of Sussex.

"This splendid book contains exceptionally insightful discussions of critical theory, Heidegger, Arendt and other theorists and opens up an exceptionally important argument about the relations between legality and legitimacy." --William Outhwaite, Chair of Sociology, Newcastle University

• Introduction1: From Reason to Rationalisation: The Emergence of the Weberian Paradigm2: The Revolutionary Critique of Instrumental Reason: Lukács and Benjamin3: Horkheimer, Adorno and Critical Theory4: The Ontological and Republican Critiques: Heidegger and Arendt5: Reason, Thinking and the Critique of Everyday Life6: From Rationalisation to Communicative Action: The Emergence of the Habermasian ParadigmConclusion: On Post-Liberal Autonomy and Post-Capitalist LegitimacyBibliographyIndex