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Reluctant Modernists
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Author : Peter Edgerly Firchow
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2002
Reluctant Modernists written by Peter Edgerly Firchow and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Collections categories.
The essays collected here deal with modernist writers who, on the whole, felt 'reluctant' about their modernist status because they believed that it was just as important to look backward as it was to look forward. Indeed, for most of them looking backward was more important because it was only through the past that one could understand one's proper place in the present and in the future. That is why in Huxley's Brave New World it is the rejection of the past in the future - and by implication in the present - that makes its satire so penetrating. Modernism, in other words, means for these writers not a radical break with the past but a continuing search for what still connects them (and us) vitally with it. Peter Firchow, Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, is the author of several books on modern and modernist literary subjects, including books on Huxley, Conrad, and Auden. The publication of some of his hitherto uncollected essays in this volume is intended to honor
Reluctant Modernism
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Author : George Cotkin
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
Reluctant Modernism written by George Cotkin and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Americans were faced with the challenges and uncertainties of a new era. The comfortable Victorian values of continuity, progress, and order clashed with the unsettling modern notions of constant change, relative truth, and chaos. Attempting to embrace the intellectual challenges of modernism, American thinkers of the day were yet reluctant to welcome the wholesale rejection of the past and destruction of traditional values. In Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880-1900, George Cotkin surveys the intellectual life of this crucial transitional period. His story begins with the Darwinian controversies, since the mainstream of American culture was just beginning to come to grips with the implications of the Origins of Species, published in 1859. Cotkin demonstrates the effects of this shift in thinking on philosophy, anthropology, and the newly developing field of psychology. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of these fields, he explains clearly and concisely the essential tenets of such major thinkers and writers as William James, Franz Boas, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry Adams, and Kate Chopin. Throughout this fascinating, readable history of the American fin de si cle run the contrasting themes of continuity and change, faith and rationalism, despair over the meaninglessness of life and, ultimately, a guarded optimism about the future.
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt
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Author : Seyla Benhabib
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt written by Seyla Benhabib and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philosophy categories.
Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah Arendt as an anti-modernist lover of the Greek polis, author Seyla Benhabib contends that Arendt's thought emerges out of a double legacy: German Existenz philosophy, particularly the thought of Martin Heidegger, and her experiences as a German-Jewess in the age of totalitarianism. This important volume reconsiders Arendt's theory of modernity, her concept of the public sphere, her distinction between the social and the political, her theory of totalitarianism, and her critique of the modern nation state, including her life long involvement with Jewish and Israeli politics.
Modernism And The Social Sciences
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Author : Mark Bevir
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-28
Modernism And The Social Sciences written by Mark Bevir and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with History categories.
This study explores the rise and nature of modernist approaches to economics, sociology, international relations, administration, language, history and anthropology.
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt
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Author : Seyla Benhabib
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2003-07-01
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt written by Seyla Benhabib and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-01 with Philosophy categories.
Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah Arendt as an anti-modernist lover of the Greek polis, author Seyla Benhabib contends that Arendt's thought emerges out of a double legacy: German Existenz philosophy, particularly the thought of Martin Heidegger, and her experiences as a German-Jewess in the age of totalitarianism. This important volume reconsiders Arendt's theory of modernity, her concept of the public sphere, her distinction between the social and the political, her theory of totalitarianism, and her critique of the modern nation state, including her life long involvement with Jewish and Israeli politics.
The Reluctant Modernist
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Author : Roger Keys
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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Aldous Huxley Annual
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Author : Bernfried Nugel, Jerome Meckier
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2023
Aldous Huxley Annual written by Bernfried Nugel, Jerome Meckier and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt
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Author : Seyla Benhabib
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Release Date : 1996-05-20
The Reluctant Modernism Of Hannah Arendt written by Seyla Benhabib and has been published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-20 with Philosophy categories.
Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah Arendt as an anti-modernist lover of the Greek polis, author Seyla Benhabib contends that Arendt's thought emerges out of a double legacy: German Existenz philosophy, particularly the thought of Martin Heidegger, and her experiences as a German-Jewess in the age of totalitarianism.
Iberian Interfaces
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Author : Antonio Sáez Delgado
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-24
Iberian Interfaces written by Antonio Sáez Delgado and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores a key historical moment for literary and cultural relations between Spain and Portugal. Focusing on the period between 1870 and 1930, it analyses the contacts between Portuguese and Spanish writers and artists of this period, showing that, at least among the cultural elites, there were intense and fruitful dialogues across political and linguistic borders. The book presents the Iberian Peninsula as a complex and multilingual cultural polysystem in which diverse literary cultures coexist and are mutually dependent upon each other. It offers a panoramic view of Iberian literary and cultural history, encompassing not just Portuguese and Spanish literary productions, but also Catalan, Galician and Basque works. Combining a clear theoretical foundation with deep historical knowledge and references to specific texts and works, the book offers a thorough introduction to Iberian literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Max Frisch The Reluctant Modernist
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Author : Alfred D. White
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 1995
Max Frisch The Reluctant Modernist written by Alfred D. White and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume's central thesis is that Max Frisch was by temperament conservative in aesthetic and political matters. His work is examined chronologically in order to isolate elements of reaction: his flirtation with volkisch theories in the thirties; his lifelong difficulty in putting into practice his theoretical insights on the status of women; elements of potential modernity, such as the implicit theory of writer-reader relationships in his early journalistic work or the later explicit theory of diary as a form of expression appropriate to an era of change and dubious identity.