Reason After Its Eclipse
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Reason After Its Eclipse
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Author : Martin Jay
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Reason After Its Eclipse written by Martin Jay and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with History categories.
Tackles a question as old as Plato and still pressing today: What is reason, and what roles does and should it have in human endeavor? The eminent intellectual historian Martin Jay surveys Western ideas of reason, particularly in German philosophy from Kant to Habermas.
Reason After Its Eclipse
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Author : Martin Jay
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Reason After Its Eclipse written by Martin Jay and has been published by University of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with Philosophy categories.
Martin Jay tackles a question as old as Plato and still pressing today: what is reason, and what roles does and should it have in human endeavor? Applying the tools of intellectual history, he examines the overlapping, but not fully compatible, meanings that have accrued to the term “reason” over two millennia, honing in on moments of crisis, critique, and defense of reason. After surveying Western ideas of reason from the ancient Greeks through Kant, Hegel, and Marx, Jay engages at length with the ways leading theorists of the Frankfurt School—Horkheimer, Marcuse, Adorno, and most extensively Habermas—sought to salvage a viable concept of reason after its apparent eclipse. They despaired, in particular, over the decay in the modern world of reason into mere instrumental rationality. When reason becomes a technical tool of calculation separated from the values and norms central to daily life, then choices become grounded not in careful thought but in emotion and will—a mode of thinking embraced by fascist movements in the twentieth century. Is there a more robust idea of reason that can be defended as at once a philosophical concept, a ground of critique, and a norm for human emancipation? Jay explores at length the communicative rationality advocated by Habermas and considers the range of arguments, both pro and con, that have greeted his work.
The Palgrave Walter Benjamin Handbook
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Author : Nathan Ross
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2025-02-26
The Palgrave Walter Benjamin Handbook written by Nathan Ross and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-26 with Philosophy categories.
Walter Benjamin is one of the most influential authors in contemporary humanities, exerting a deep fascination for students and garnering scholarly interest in a variety of fields, such as history of philosophy, literature, film and media studies, political science, religion, architecture, art and history. This Handbook provides students and scholars with a guide to Walter Benjamin’s work that explores each of these areas in depth while also giving the reader a chance to discover connections to other areas of thought. In order to do justice to the complexity of Benjamin’s thinking, this volume includes international scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, and is organized such that a dialogue emerges between them. Each section presents an argument for the integration of its subject into the whole, demonstrating that what might seem specialized and esoteric actually intersects with the problems and questions of the other sections.
K Jin Karatani S Philosophy Of Architecture
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Author : Nadir Lahiji
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-02-06
K Jin Karatani S Philosophy Of Architecture written by Nadir Lahiji and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Architecture categories.
In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces Kōjin Karatani’s theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kant’s critical philosophy founded on ‘architectonic reason’. From the ancient Greeks we have inherited a definition of the word ‘philosophy’ as Sophia—wisdom. But in his book Architecture as Metaphor Kōjin Karatani introduces a different definition of philosophy. Here, Karatani critically defines philosophy not in association with Sophia but in relation to foundation as the Will to Architecture. In this novel definition resides the notion that in Western thought a crisis persistently reveals itself with every attempt to build a system of knowledge on solid ground. This book reveals the implications of this extraordinary exposition. This is the first book to uncover Kōjin Karatani’s highly significant ideas on architecture for both philosophical and architectural audiences.
Sartre Imagination And Dialectical Reason
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Author : Austin Hayden Smidt
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2019-06-28
Sartre Imagination And Dialectical Reason written by Austin Hayden Smidt and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-28 with Philosophy categories.
There are perpetual debates about the extent of freedom in politics. Are we free to choose? Are we overdetermined by our material conditions? Some hybrid between the two? What is more, how are we to comprehend ourselves as creators of history if freedom itself is a problematic concept? And what would it mean if self-comprehension were foreclosed by this problematic? In this text, Austin Hayden Smidt analyzes an oft-overlooked text by Jean-Paul Sartre in order to ground a logical framework for exploring this paradox. In Critique of Dialectical Reason, Sartre sought to develop an historical and structural heuristic; one that would enable future theorists and activists alike to assess the pressing problems facing the various milieux of capitalist life. Through this heuristic, his intent was to develop an orientation enabling humans to transform their world in their perpetual creation of themselves (and vice versa). However, the stylistic difficulties of the text, as well as a general agreement among previous interpreters, has prevented the richness of the investigation from taking root. This book sets a new course, and invites further collaboration as – together – we create society as a work of art.
Adorno Heidegger And The Politics Of Truth
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Author : Lambert Zuidervaart
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2024-02-01
Adorno Heidegger And The Politics Of Truth written by Lambert Zuidervaart and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-01 with Philosophy categories.
An elusive and complex idea of truth lies at the center of Theodor Adorno's thought. Yet he never spells out what it is. Through close readings of Negative Dialectics, Aesthetic Theory, and related course lectures, Lambert Zuidervaart reconstructs Adorno's conception of truth, contrasts it with the conceptions of Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault, and explores its relevance for contemporary philosophy, art, and politics. Adorno regards truth as a dynamic constellation in which various dialectical polarities intersect. The most decisive polarity, Zuidervaart argues, occurs between society as it has developed and the historical possibility of a completely transformed world. Critically reconstructed, Adorno's conception of truth can help inspire hopeful critiques of an allegedly post-truth society.
The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Alex Bentley
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008-11-22
The Edge Of Reason written by Alex Bentley and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-22 with Religion categories.
Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society? This book gives voice to those scientist and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance in the confrontational science and religion debate.
Religion In Reason
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Author : Tarek R. Dika
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Religion In Reason written by Tarek R. Dika and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with Religion categories.
This book presents critical engagements with the work of Hent de Vries, widely regarded as one of the most important living philosophers of religion. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars discuss the role played by religion in philosophy; the emergence and possibilities of the category of religion; and the relation between religion and violence, secularism, and sovereignty. Together, they provide a synoptic view of how de Vries’s work has prompted a reconceptualization of how religion should be studied, especially in relation to theology, politics, and new media. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of religious studies, theology, and philosophy.
Critical Theory Democracy And The Challenge Of Neoliberalism
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Author : Brian Caterino
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Critical Theory Democracy And The Challenge Of Neoliberalism written by Brian Caterino and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Philosophy categories.
Using ideas derived from the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this book develops key elements of a radical theory of democracy that challenges both the assumptions and commitments of contemporary neo-liberalism.
Hermeneutics And The Problem Of Translating Traditional Arabic Texts
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Author : Alsayed M. Aly Ismail
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-21
Hermeneutics And The Problem Of Translating Traditional Arabic Texts written by Alsayed M. Aly Ismail and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book focuses on the problematic issues arising when translating and interpreting classical Arabic texts, which represent a challenging business for many scholars, especially with regards to religious texts. Additionally, the reception of these interpretations and translations not only informs the perception of Muslims and their awareness of the outside world, but also impacts the vision and perception of non-Muslims of Islam and the Muslim world. Consequently, this book reconsiders the concepts of understanding and interpretation, and their nexus in the mechanism of translation, and proposes a novel, hermeneutic method of translating, interpreting, and understanding traditional and classical Arab texts. Handling the issues of understanding from a hermeneutical perspective is shown here to remove the possibility of translation and interpretation rendering a distorted translated text. Drawing on the powerful interpretive theories of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Martin Heidegger, the hermeneutic method of translation starts from a premise that the meaning of a classical text cannot be deduced solely by linguistic analysis of its words, but requires in-depth investigation of the invisible, contextual elements that control and shape its meaning. Traditional texts are seen in this model as ‘travelling texts’ whose meaning is transformed across time and space. The hermeneutic method of translation allows the translator to identify those elements from the real-world that informed a classical text at the time of its writing, so that it can be adapted and made relevant to its contemporary context. Traditional texts can enlighten our minds and cultivate our souls; religious texts can elevate our behavior and thinking, and help refine our confused contemporary lives. When texts become isolated from their world, they lose this lofty goal of enlightenment and elevation.