 | The Illusion of History: time and the radical political imagination Subjects: Political science -- Europe -- History; Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712–1778 -- Political and social views; Marx Karl 1818–1883 -- Political and social views; Foucault Michel 1926–1984 Political and social views; Andrew Russ argues in this book that a closer look at their philosophical underpinnings finds that Rousseau, Marx, and Foucault are much less "historical" in their methodology than is widely believed. Instead, they share a more "timeless" view, one indebted to principles ordinarily seen as timeless or transcendent |
