Bernstein The New Constellation

The Ethical-Political Horizons of Modernity / Postmodernity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-6567-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 366 Seiten, E-Book

In this major new work, Bernstein explores the ethical andpolitical dimensions of the modernity/post-modernity debate.
Bernstein argues that modernity / post-modernity should beunderstood as a kind of mood - one which is amorphous, shifting andprotean but which exerts a powerful influence on our currentthinking. Focusing on thinkers such as Heidegger, Derrida,Foucault, Habermas and Rorty, Bernstein probes the strengths andweaknesses of their work, and shows how they have contributed tothe formation of a new mood, a new and distinctive constellation ofideas.
This new constellation has put ethical and political issues backon the philosophical agenda, forcing us to confront anew, theSocratic question 'How should I live?'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernstein, Richard J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. Philosophy, History and Critique.
2. The Rage Against Reason.
3. Incommensurability and Otherness Revisited.
4. Heidegger's Silence?: Ethos and Technology.
5. Foucault Critique as a Philosophic Ethos.
6. Serious Play: The Ethical-Political Horizon of Derrida.
7. An Allegory of Modernity/Postmodernity: Habermas andDerrida.
8. One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward: Rorty on LiberalDemocracy.
9. Rorty's Liberal Utopia.
10. Reconciliation/Rupture Appendix: Pragmatism, Pluralism, andthe Healing of Wounds.
Index.