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The New Constellation: The Ethical-Political Horizons of Modernity/Postmodernity

By Richard J. Bernstein

Book information

Publisher
Polity
Year
2013
ISBN
9780745665672
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2247823 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
368\0
Time added
2014-06-27 21:56:16

Description

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

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