Dialectic of Enlightenment: Critical Theory and the Messianic Light - Brossura

Klapwijk, Jacob

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1608997014 ISBN 13: 9781608997015

Casa editrice: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2010

Riassunto

Dialectic of Enlightenment is a thought-provoking introduction to the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno first identified the "dialectic of enlightenment" when fascism was on the rampage in Europe. They warned that enlightened reason and societal freedom threaten to revert into blindness and oppression. Herbert Marcuse and the young Jurgen Habermas elaborated their Critical Theory, declaring that post-war society has not escaped this dilemma, blinded as it is by ideology, pseudo-democracy, and mass manipulation. Critical Theory aims to unmask modern reason and liberate society. But a fundamental question keeps coming back: how can this critique of modernity remain viable within a repressive societal system? Is reason in the modern world indeed doomed to self-destruct? Does rationality inevitably lead to domination and oppression? Jacob Klapwijk argues that the dialectic of enlightenment proves to be a faith, a mythical faith encouraging resignation and despair. Instead we need a wholesome reason, one inspired by a messianic faith. Dialectic of Enlightenment is an important book for students of philosophy, theology, and the social sciences. It invites them to a renewed criticism of the mythological traits and self-destructive tendencies of modern reason. It also offers a perspective of hope to all who share the author's concern about the direction of today's globalizing world.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jacob Klapwijk is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Philosophy, Free University, Amsterdam. He is an expert on the philosophy of history, and in recent years also involved in the creation-evolution debate. He is the author of Purpose in the Living World? Creation and Emergent Evolution (2009).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608997014
• ISBN 13: 9781608997015
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 124
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile