| Description |
xx, 430 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in contemporary German social thought
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Studies in contemporary German social thought.
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| Note |
Translation of: Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-422). |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Modernity's consciousness of time and its need for self-assurance -- 2. Hegel's concept of modernity: Excursus on Schiller's "Letters on the aesthetic education of man" -- 3. Three perspectives: Left Hegelians, Right Hegelians, and Nietzsche: Excursus on the obsolescence of the production paradigm -- 4. Entry into postmodernity: Nietzsche as a turning point -- 5. Entwinement of myth and Enlightenment: Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno -- 6. Undermining of Western rationalism through the critique of metaphysics: Martin Heidegger -- 7. Beyond a temporalized philosophy of origins: Jacques Derrida's critique of phonocentrism: Excursus on leveling the genre distinction between philosophy and literature -- 8. Between eroticism and general economics: Georges Bataille -- 9. Critique of reason as an unmasking of the human sciences: Michel Foucault -- 10. Some questions concerning the theory of power: Foucault again -- 11. An alternative way out of the philosophy of the subject: communicative versus subject-centered reason: Excursus on Cornelius Castoriadis: the imaginary institution -- 12. Normative content of modernity: Excursus on Luhmann's appropriations of the philosophy of the subject through systems theory. |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy.
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Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy. |
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Modernisme (cultuur) |
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Postmodernisme. |
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Filosofie. |
| Added Title |
Philosophische Diskurs der Moderne. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86115540
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| ISBN |
0262081636 |
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9780262081634 |
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