Skepticism Modernity And Critical Theory
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Skepticism Modernity And Critical Theory
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Author : P. Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-04-05
Skepticism Modernity And Critical Theory written by P. Walsh and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-05 with Philosophy categories.
This book examines the issue of philosophical skepticism in the light of its relevance for the critique of modernity associated with the Frankfurt School. It situates the problem of skepticism in the context of the history of philosophy and explores its significance for the modern crisis of reason manifested in post-Kantian philosophy, which presaged the critical turn toward social theory.
Cold War Criticism And The Politics Of Skepticism
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Author : Tobin Siebers
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993-04-29
Cold War Criticism And The Politics Of Skepticism written by Tobin Siebers and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Cold War Criticism and the Politics of Skepticism, Tobin Siebers claims that modern criticism is a Cold War criticism. Postwar literary theory has absorbed the skepticism, suspicion, and paranoia of the Cold War mentality, and it plays them out in debates about the divided self, linguistic indeterminacy, the metaphysics of presence, multiculturalism, canon formation, power, cultural literacy, and the politics of literature. The major critical movements of the postwar age, Siebers argues, belong to three dominant phases of the Cold War era. The age of charismatic leadership characterized by Churchill, FDR, Stalin, and Hitler lies behind the preoccupation with "intention," "affect," and "impersonality" found in the New Criticism. The age of propaganda motivates the fascination with the guiles of language, undecidability, and deconstruction. The age of superpowers provides the dominant metaphor in the new historicism's analysis of the technology of power. All three ages of criticism reflect the skepticism of the Cold War mentality, and this skepticism, Siebers posits, has impaired the ability of literary theorists to talk about the politics of criticism in an effective way. A trenchant analysis of postwar theory, Siebers's work presents a new view of the politics of criticism and a surprising vision of what theory must do if it is to enter the post Cold War era successfully.
Philosophy And Temporality From Kant To Critical Theory
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Author : Espen Hammer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-31
Philosophy And Temporality From Kant To Critical Theory written by Espen Hammer 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 2011-03-31 with Philosophy categories.
This book is a critical analysis of how key philosophers in the European tradition have responded to the emergence of a modern conception of temporality. Espen Hammer suggests that it is a feature of Western modernity that time has been forcibly separated from the natural cycles and processes with which it used to be associated. In a discussion that ranges over Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Adorno, he examines the forms of dissatisfaction which result from this, together with narrative modes of configuring time, the relationship between agency and temporality, and possible challenges to the modern world's linear and homogenous experience of time. His study is a rich exploration of an enduring philosophical theme: the role of temporality in shaping and reshaping modern human affairs.
Arendt Contra Sociology
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Author : Philip Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Arendt Contra Sociology written by Philip Walsh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Hannah Arendt is today widely regarded today as a political theorist, who sought to rescue politics from society, and political theory from the social sciences. But this view has had the effect of distracting attention from many of Arendt's most important insights concerning the constitution of society, and the significance of its 'science', sociology. Arendt Contra Sociology re-assesses the relationship between Arendt's work and the theoretical foundations of sociology, bringing her insights to bear on some key themes within contemporary theoretical sociology. Re-reading Arendt's distinctions between labour, fabrication and action as a theory of the fundamental ontology of human societies, this book assesses her criticism of the tendency of many sociological paradigms to conflate the activity of fabrication with that of action. It re-examines Arendt's understanding of central areas of research within contemporary theoretical sociology - including the meaning of power, the trajectory of modern science, the rise of consumerism and the problem of reflexivity. This volume offers a comprehensive reconstruction of Arendt's thought, uncovering its refutation of, or latent contribution to, key sociological approaches. It will be of interest to sociologists, social and political theorists and philosophers of social science.
The Rhetoric Of Failure
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Author : Ewa P?onowska Ziarek
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1995-01-01
The Rhetoric Of Failure written by Ewa P?onowska Ziarek and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
'This book makes a significant and needed contribution to post-structural philosophy and literary theory. In this impressive analysis that delicately weaves together philosophical and literary texts, Ewa Ziarek powerfully and persuasively demonstrates that the rhetoric of the failure of traditional subject-centered rationality does not lead to nihilism or nominalism.'-Kelly Oliver, University of Texas at Austin
The Crisis Of Modernity
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Author : Gunter H. Lenz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-18
The Crisis Of Modernity written by Gunter H. Lenz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-18 with Social Science categories.
The crisis~ of the "project of modernity" (Habermas) is, at the same time, a crisis of critical theories of society and culture that have radically questioned bourgeois culture and capitalist society and economy from the perspective of a utopia of enlightened rationality. A number of parallel recent social and political problems, developments, and
Critique Of Freedom
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Author : Otfried Höffe
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Critique Of Freedom written by Otfried Höffe and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Philosophy categories.
In this ambitious book, philosopher Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated account of the principle of freedom and its role in the project of modernity. Höffe addresses a set of complex questions concerning the possibility of political justice and equity in the modern world, the destruction of nature, the dissolving of social cohesion, and the deregulation of uncontrollable markets. Through these considerations, he shows how the idea of freedom is central to modernity, and he assesses freedom’s influence in a number of cultural dimensions, including the natural, economic and social, artistic and scientific, political, ethical, and personal-metaphysical. Neither rejecting nor defending freedom and modernity, he instead explores both from a Kantian point of view, looking closely at the facets of freedom’s role and the fundamental position it has taken at the heart of modern life. Expanding beyond traditional philosophy, Critique of Freedom develops the building blocks of a critical theory of technology, environmental protection, economics, politics, medicine, and education. With a sophisticated yet straightforward style, Höffe draws on a range of disciplines in order to clearly distinguish and appreciate the many meanings of freedom and the indispensable role they play in liberal society.
The Critical Turn
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Author : Michael Morton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Critical Turn written by Michael Morton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Critical Turn undertakes a refutation of contemporary philosophical skepticism, focusing on the theories of Richard Rorty, Lyotard, Foucault, Kuhn, and Feyerabend, among others. The author shows how dogmatism and skepticism were together rendered obsolete in the eighteenth century by the "critical turn" of Kant and Herder, and again in the first half of the twentieth century by Wittgenstein. A provocative study of the importance of a partially neglected strain of the German philosophical tradition for contemporary American critical theory, the book will have a great impact on future discussions of German and American critical thought.
Critical Theories And The Budapest School
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Author : John Rundell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-06
Critical Theories And The Budapest School written by John Rundell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-06 with Social Science categories.
Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary developments in critical theory. Engaging with the work of the prominent group of figures associated with Georg Lukács, this book sheds new light on the unique and nuanced critiques of modernity offered by this school, informed as its members’ insights have been by first-hand experiences of Nazism, Soviet-type societies, and the liberal-democratic West. With studies of topics central to contemporary critical theory, such as the political and historical consciousness of modernity, the importance of bio-politics, the complexity of the human condition, and the relevance of comedy and friendship to developing critical perspectives, the authors draw on the works of Ágnes Heller, Maria Márkus, György Márkus, and Ferenc Fehér, demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory today and the ways in which these philosophers can inform new perspectives on culture and politics. An innovative reassessment of the Budapest School and the importance of its legacy, this book opens a much-needed and neglected dialogue with other schools and traditions of critical theorizing that will be of interest to scholars of sociology, philosophy, and social theory.
Critical Conditions
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Author : Horace L. Fairlamb
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-05-26
Critical Conditions written by Horace L. Fairlamb 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 1994-05-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The postmodern debate has been heavily influenced by often contradictory conclusions about the foundations of knowledge: hermeneutics challenges epistemology, politics challenges science, identity theory challenges critical theory, pragmatism challenges formalism, and so on. Horace Fairlamb contends that philosophy's foundationist quest has usually been misconceived as a choice between a 'super-science' and theoretical anarchy. Through an examination of the history of foundationism, and detailed analysis of the work of leading theorists including Fish, Foucault, Derrida, Gadamer and Habermas, Dr Fairlamb argues for a less reductive and less arbitrary conception of knowledge and meaning. The result in this 1994 book is a sophisticated critique of contemporary theory with implications for philosophers as well as literary theorists, and an important contribution to the re-evaluation of theoretical discourse.