The Postmodernist Critique of the Project of Enlightenment
Author : Sven-Eric Liedman
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042003422
Author : Sven-Eric Liedman
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042003422
Author : Keith Michael Baker
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780804740265
This volume explores the conventional opposition between Enlightenment and Postmodernity and questions some of the conclusions drawn from it.
Author : GARY. SMITH SAUER-THOMPSON (JOSEPH WAYNE.)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2020-04-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781138367067
Published in 1997. This book develops a postmodernist critique of philosophy - although not the postmodernism of literary philosophers such as Derrida. This postmodernism is one of ecological limitationism coupled with a practical common sense 'realism'. The authors affirm the reality of life-world and the primacy of practice against materialists, physicalists and reductionists. They attempt to show that orthodox Anglo-American analytic philosophy is not merely incapable of completing its own quest to supply a regionally justified system of reality, but, more importantly, it fails as well to meet the challenges of the age.
Author : GARY. SMITH SAUER-THOMPSON (JOSEPH WAYNE.)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781138367036
Published in 1997. This book develops a postmodernist critique of philosophy - although not the postmodernism of literary philosophers such as Derrida. This postmodernism is one of ecological limitationism coupled with a practical common sense 'realism'. The authors affirm the reality of life-world and the primacy of practice against materialists, physicalists and reductionists. They attempt to show that orthodox Anglo-American analytic philosophy is not merely incapable of completing its own quest to supply a regionally justified system of reality, but, more importantly, it fails as well to meet the challenges of the age.
Author : Stephen R. C. Hicks
Publisher : Scholargy Publishing, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 37,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781592476428
Author : Daniel Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1136696210
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Joyce Oldham Appleby
Publisher :
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Enlightenment
ISBN :
Author : Sebastian Erckel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2009-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3640325087
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 80%=good, University of Kerala (Department of Political Science), course: Modern Political Analysis, language: English, abstract: Few people would deny that they are living in an age of great transformational processes. For centuries, if not millennia, the changes in human society had occurred slowly and usually did not affect the lives of the majority of the people significantly. That is not to say that the event of a war, a draught or another catastrophe did not have devastating consequences and indeed it were predominantly the ordinary people who suffered the most if such an event took place. The conducting of life however remained unaffected and continued as it had before. Scientific inventions were rarely made and if they did happen it was only a small privileged section of society benefiting from them. Whatever influenced the life of most people occurred gradually, making it both possible and easy to adjust. It could even be argued that because these influences did not have an impact during a person’s lifespan but developed over generations people failed to recognize them as changes at all. This has profoundly changed in the age of globalization that has already shaped the economic, social, and cultural lives of hundreds of millions of people. The majority of them may not be able to clearly identify these changes but they would all agree that something is happening in their lives. The feeling evolving out of this is one of uncertainty; there are both greater opportunities and greater risks. The previous era had already witnessed the transformation that industrialization brought about and it provoked sharp reactions. Industrialization not only transformed people’s lives it changed the character of warfare as well and the 20th century had to endure the consequences. Technology brought many improvements but people start to realize that there is a flipside to everything. In a somewhat dialectical sense we cannot take the benefits of something while at the same time hope to avoid the ramifications. The world today has not just become smaller; it also turns out to be far more complex and diverse than any philosopher could have possibly imagined. Postmodernism can be conceived as a movement directed at both diversity and complexity but it may not provide a satisfying answer. Instead, its simple but yet powerful message may be that all we can do is accept the actual condition. This paper attempts to outline the development of postmodernism as a reaction to Modernity, and to analyze some of the implications this reaction brings about.
Author : George Trey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1438422318
This book provides a critical analysis of the debate between modernists and postmodernists through an analysis of the work of Jurgen Habermas, focusing on the role that he has played in this debate. The author offers an alternative to the dichotomy between modernism and postmodernism by developing the conception of "the aftermath of modernity" which takes seriously postmodern critiques of modernism while keeping intact certain key enlightenment ideals.
Author : Axel Honneth
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 23,67 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262581097
These 11 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists take up the philosophical aspects of Jürgen Habermas's unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. They range in subject matter from classical problems to contemporary debates, covering historical perspectives, theoretical issues, and post-enlightenment challenges. A companion volume of essays will take up the cultural and political aspects of the work. Together, the two volumes underscore the richness and variety of Habermas's project. Contributors Karl-Otto Apel, Richard J. Bernstein, Peter Bürger, Martin Jay, Thomas McCarthy, Herbert Schnädelbach, Charles Taylor, Michael Theunissen, Ernst Tugendhat, Albrecht Wellmer