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A social and philosophical analysis of the nature of modernity which explores its vulnerability in terms of the challenges to the political, economic and moral institutions in the late 20th century. The papers presented in this volume aim to provide a statement of the author's position.

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Hermaneutics of social sciences; can everyday life be endangered?; death of the subject; do we live in a world of emotional impoverishment?; what is, and what is not, practical reason; the concept of the political; freedom and happiness in Kant's political philosophy; rights, modernity and democracy; Moses, Hsuan-Tsung and history.

Can Modernity Survive

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 12/07/1990
      ISBN13: 9780745607986, 978-0745607986
      ISBN10: 0745607985
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      Society and culture: general Western philosophy from c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A social and philosophical analysis of the nature of modernity which explores its vulnerability in terms of the challenges to the political, economic and moral institutions in the late 20th century. The papers presented in this volume aim to provide a statement of the author's position.

      Table of Contents
      Hermaneutics of social sciences; can everyday life be endangered?; death of the subject; do we live in a world of emotional impoverishment?; what is, and what is not, practical reason; the concept of the political; freedom and happiness in Kant's political philosophy; rights, modernity and democracy; Moses, Hsuan-Tsung and history.

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