Foucault Plays Habermas: An Alternative Philosophical Underpinning for Critical Systems Thinking
本文提出福柯的思想可作为批判系统思维的另一种哲学基础，替代传统的哈贝马斯路径，并比较两者差异以激发系统/运筹学界的讨论。
Critical Systems Thinking (CST) has traditionally sought its philosophical underpinning in the work of German theorist Jurgen Habermas. We suggest that CST need not necessarily be informed by Habermas, and present the thought of Michel Foucault as one possible alternative. This paper traces the historical development of the relative positions of Habermas and Foucault and examines the differences between the two with regard to systems. Our aim is to spark and inform debate within the systems/OR community as to the relative merits of each as a basis for CST.