Marcuse and Foucault

[Kerry]

On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, william honey wrote:

>         It seems to me that some of the various definitions used to control
> society, as depicted in Marcuse's "One Dimensional Man" seem similar to
> Foucault's idea of discursive formations.  In neither case do they have any
> real meaning except what is assigned to them.  My point being, does anyone
> know of any books or articles which compare the ideas of the two men?

I would suggest Steven Best and Douglas Kellner's POSTMODERN THEORY: 
CRITICAL INTERROGATIONS.  Though the book doesn't directly deal with the 
issues you raised (if memory serves), it does have a chapter on Foucault, 
and; the book basically looks at postmodern theory from a Critical Theory 
standpoint.  It's a good book and one I would urge you to check out.  

Hope that is of some help.