The Persistence Of Modernity

Author : Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745692357

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The Persistence of Modernity by Albrecht Wellmer Pdf

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post-modernity as a sign of post-enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re-examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

Author : Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0585328943

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The Persistence of Modernity by Albrecht Wellmer Pdf

Essays on Aesthetics, Ethics, and Postmodernism: These four essays, drawn from two books by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, go to the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's anesthetics, the nature of a postmodern ethics, and the persistence of modernity in the so-called postmodern age.

Author : Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1393921788

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The Persistence of Modernity by Albrecht Wellmer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1394148931

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The Persistence of Modernity : Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Craig Calhoun
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262531143

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Habermas and the Public Sphere by Craig Calhoun Pdf

In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. The relationship between civil society and public life is in the forefront of contemporary discussion. No single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jürgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of debates over critical theory, feminism, cultural studies, and democratic politics. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. From political theory to cultural criticism, from ethics to gender studies, from history to media studies, these essays challenge, refine, and extend our understanding of the social foundations and changing character of democracy and public discourse. Contributors Hannah Arendt, Keith Baker, Seyla Benhabib, Harry C. Boyte, Craig Calhoun, Geoff Eley, Nancy Fraser, Nicholas Garnham, Jürgen Habermas, Peter Hohendahl, Lloyd Kramer, Benjamin Lee, Thomas McCarthy, Moishe Postone, Mary P. Ryan, Michael Schudson, Michael Warner, David Zaret

Author : Alastair Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351556477

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New Music and the Claims of Modernity by Alastair Williams Pdf

Since 1945 the emphasis in new music has lain in a desire for progress, a concept challenged by postmodernist aesthetics. In this study, Alastair Williams identifies and explores the recurring issues and problems presented by post-war music. Part one examines the German philosopher, Theodor Adorno's portrayal of modernity and his understanding of modernism in music. This is followed by a survey of the developments in music from late Beethoven to Schoenberg, the two composers whose works provided the main anchor points for Adorno's philosophy of music. Parts two and three indicate the ways in which Adorno's aesthetics are pertinent to an understanding of new music. Part two comprises a close examination of the music of Pierre Boulez and John Cage, composers who represent extreme, though related, aspects of contemporary music thought: the primacy of structure versus dissolution. Williams' views the music of Ligeti as an exploration of the interface between these two extremes, personifying Adorno's advocation of an aesthetic which attempts to embrace all its dissimilar parts. In part three the consequences of modernism and the aesthetic approaches of Derrida and de Mann are considered, together with the music of Wolfgang Rihm. Williams concludes with a survey of contemporary music and the postmodernist desire to include a range of compositional references.

Author : Arif Dirlik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317258926

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Global Modernity by Arif Dirlik Pdf

"A compelling essay on the contemporary human condition." William D. Coleman, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University "An unusually perceptive and balanced appraisal of the globalization hype and its relation to the reality of global capitalism." Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University In his provocative new book Arif Dirlik argues that the present represents not the beginning of globalization, but its end. We are instead in a new era in the unfolding of capitalism -- "global modernity". The fall of communism in the 1980s generated culturally informed counter-claims to modernity. Globalization has fragmented our understanding of what is "modern". Dirlik's "global modernity" is a concept that enables us to distinguish the present from its Eurocentric past, while recognizing the crucial importance of that past in shaping the present.

Author : Craig Browne
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783085026

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Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity by Craig Browne Pdf

In Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity Craig Browne investigates how two of the most important and influential contemporary social theorists have sought to develop the modernist visions of the constitution of society through the autonomous actions of subjects. Comparing Habermas’s and Giddens’s conceptions of the constitution of society, interpretations of the social-structural impediments to subjects’ autonomy and attempts to delineate potentials for progressive social change within contemporary society, Browne draws on his own work, which has extended aspects of the social theorists’ approach to modernity. Despite the criticisms developed over the course of the book, Habermas and Giddens are found to be two of the most important theorists of democratization and social democracy, the dynamics of capitalist modernity and their paradoxes, social practices and reflexivity, and the foundations of social theory in the problem of the relationship of social action and social structure.

Author : Andrew Ginger
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 1575911132

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Painting and the Turn to Cultural Modernity in Spain by Andrew Ginger Pdf

Cultural modernity has habitually been defined as a focus on the means of representation themselves, as opposed to art that imitates external reality or expresses its maker's inner life. The crucial moment is usually considered the emergence of Edouard Manet in mid-nineteenth-century France, and the features of French developments have been seen as defining terms in the theory of modernity. However, recent art and cultural history have often spoken of plural modernities, distinct from the pattern set in France. For the first time, this study in cultural history explores how Spanish culture took a radical turn toward the medium of representation itself in the 1850s and early 1860s. It argues that this happened in a way that is critically at odds with many fundamental theoretical suppositions about modernity.

Author : Sjoerd Griffioen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004504523

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Contesting Modernity in the German Secularization Debate by Sjoerd Griffioen Pdf

Sjoerd Griffioen investigates the polemics between Löwith, Blumenberg and Schmitt in the German secularization debate (1950’s-1980’s). ‘Secularization’ is revealed as a contested concept in ideological struggles over modernity and religion, both in this debate and contemporary postsecularism.

Author : Laura Winkiel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317537892

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Modernism: The Basics by Laura Winkiel Pdf

Modernism: The Basics provides an accessible overview of the study of modernism in its global dimensions. Examining the key concepts, history and varied forms of the field, it guides the reader through the major approaches, outlining key debates, to answer such questions as: What is modernism? How did modernism begin? Has modernism developed differently in different media? How is it related to postmodernism and postcolonialism? How have politics, urbanization and new technologies affected modernism? With engaging examples from art, literature and historical documents, each chapter provides suggestions for further reading, histories of relevant movements and clear definitions of key terminology, making this an essential guide for anyone approaching the study of modernism for the first time.

Author : He Ping
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230288560

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China's Search for Modernity by He Ping Pdf

Twenty years after a return from fundamentalism to economic reality, China has become the world's tenth largest economy and an increasingly important global power. Despite the rise of fundamentalism and post-modernism, the pursuit of modernity was an ongoing historical movement in late twentieth century China. He Ping focuses on China's quest for and experience of modernity. Implicitly comparative, the author discusses broad aspects of both Chinese and western civilizations, including their scientific traditions and socio-economic structures, with reference to modernization. He seeks to enhance our understanding of the cultural changes behind China's phenomenal rise and provides a fresh case study for the global cultural discourse.

Author : Filippo Osella,Katy Gardner
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761932097

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Migration, Modernity and Social Transformation in South Asia by Filippo Osella,Katy Gardner Pdf

Most of the papers presented at a workshop held at Sussex in January 2001 and some contributed articles; previously published.

Author : Chris L. Firestone,Nathan A. Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 026820666X

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Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought by Chris L. Firestone,Nathan A. Jacobs Pdf

Fifteen contributors examine the role of God in the thought of major European philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

Author : M. Kruger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230116412

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Women’s Literature in Kenya and Uganda by M. Kruger Pdf

For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve.