Philosophical-Political Profiles (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) - Brossura

Habermas, Jurgen

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ISBN 10: 0262580713 ISBN 13: 9780262580717

Casa editrice: The M.I.T. Press, 1985

Riassunto

Based on the new German edition of Philosophisch-politische Profile which has attracted serious and widespread attention, this book includes thirteen pieces written by Habermas between 1958 and 1978 - the most important of those in the German edition, plus additional articles.In these essays, Habermas offers a clear and strikingly personal examination of major modern German philosophers and cultural critics, focusing particularly on the content of their thought in relation to their respective political and biographical contexts.Contents: Does Philosophy Still Have a Purpose?; The German Influence (Heidegger); The Figures of Truth (Jaspers); Karl Löwith's Stoic Retreat from Historical Consciousness; A Marxist Schelling (Bloch); A Primal History of Subjectivity and Self-Affirmation Gone Wild (Adorno); Imitated Substantiality (Gehlen); Consciousness-raising or Rescuing Critique-On the Relevance of Walter Benjamin; Herbert Marcuse on Art and Revolution; Hannah Arendt's Concept of Power; The Hidden Torah (Gershom Scholem); Urbanizing the Heideggerian Province-In Praise of Hans-Georg Gadamer.Philosophical-Political Profiles is included in the series, Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought.

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L'autore:

Jürgen Habermas is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He was recently awarded the 2004 Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy by the Inamori Foundation. The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honor those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.

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These essays by the contemporary German philosopher and sociologist, Jurgen Habermas, were written between 1958 and 1979. In them, he sketches his impressions - as if he were conducting a living dialog - of the giants of recent German thought, several of whom were his teachers. These include Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Bloch, Karl Lowith, Theodor Adorno, Arnold Gehlen, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Hannah Arendt, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Gershom Scholem."Philosophical-Political Profiles" is included in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.

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• Editore: The M.I.T. Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0262580713
• ISBN 13: 9780262580717
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 246