The Persistence of Modernity

The Persistence of Modernity
Author: Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2018-03-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745692354
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In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post-modernity as a sign of post-enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re-examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

The Persistence of Modernity

The Persistence of Modernity
Author: Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1991
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780585328942
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Essays on Aesthetics, Ethics, and Postmodernism: These four essays, drawn from two books by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, go to the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's anesthetics, the nature of a postmodern ethics, and the persistence of modernity in the so-called postmodern age.

Persistence of modernity

Persistence of modernity
Author: Aleš Debeljak
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1994
Genre:
ISBN:
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Contemporary French Philosophy

Contemporary French Philosophy
Author: Caroline Williams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2001-11-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 184714263X
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French philosophy and cultural theory continue to hold a prestigious and influential position in European thought. One of the central themes of contemporary French philosophy is its concern with the theoretical and political status of the subject, a question which has been broached by structuralists and poststructuralists through an analysis of the construction of the subject in and by language, discourse, power and ideology.Contemporary French Philosophy outlines the construction of the subject in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. The book interrogates some of the most influential perspectives on the question of the subject to contest those postmodern voices which announce its disappearance or death. It argues instead that the question of the subject persists, even in those perspectives which seek to abandon it altogether.Providing a broad introduction to the field and an original analysis of some of the most influential theorists of the 20th Century, the book will be of great interest to political and literary theorists, cultural historians, as well as to philosophers.

The Persistence of Modernism

The Persistence of Modernism
Author: Madelyn Detloff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521896428
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This book examines the persistence of modernism into the twenty-first century, and argues for its continued relevance in relation to contemporary traumas.

Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought

Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought
Author: Chris L. Firestone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-09-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780268206666
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Fifteen contributors examine the role of God in the thought of major European philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

The Persistence of Subjectivity

The Persistence of Subjectivity
Author: Robert B. Pippin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2005-05-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781139446358
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The Persistence of Subjectivity examines several approaches to, and critiques of, the core notion in the self-understanding and legitimation of the modern, 'bourgeois' form of life: the free, reflective, self-determining subject. Since it is a relatively recent historical development that human beings think of themselves as individual centers of agency, and that one's entitlement to such a self-determining life is absolutely valuable, the issue at stake also involves the question of the historical location of philosophy. What might it mean to take seriously Hegel's claim that philosophical reflection is always reflection on the historical 'actuality' of its own age? Discussing Heidegger, Gadamer, Adorno, Leo Strauss, Manfred Frank, and John McDowell, Robert Pippin attempts to understand how subjectivity arises in contemporary institutional practices such as medicine, as well as in other contexts such as modernism in the visual arts and in the novels of Marcel Proust.

Habermas and the Public Sphere

Habermas and the Public Sphere
Author: Craig Calhoun
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1993-03-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780262531146
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In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. The relationship between civil society and public life is in the forefront of contemporary discussion. No single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jürgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of debates over critical theory, feminism, cultural studies, and democratic politics. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. From political theory to cultural criticism, from ethics to gender studies, from history to media studies, these essays challenge, refine, and extend our understanding of the social foundations and changing character of democracy and public discourse. Contributors Hannah Arendt, Keith Baker, Seyla Benhabib, Harry C. Boyte, Craig Calhoun, Geoff Eley, Nancy Fraser, Nicholas Garnham, Jürgen Habermas, Peter Hohendahl, Lloyd Kramer, Benjamin Lee, Thomas McCarthy, Moishe Postone, Mary P. Ryan, Michael Schudson, Michael Warner, David Zaret