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.