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Small wonder : global power and its discontents / Fred Dallmayr.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928-
- Series:
- New critical theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Critical theory.
- Culture--Philosophy.
- Culture.
- Civilization--Philosophy.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]
- Summary:
- Small Wonder presents the dangers of the underside of modernity: the unleashing of unlimited lust for (global) power and wealth. Relying on leading critical intellectuals, Dallmayr offers a critique of the self-deceptions of our age, pleading in favor of the cultivation of the small wonder of everyday life.
- Contents:
- Small wonder: finitude and its horizons
- The underside of modernity: Adorno, Heidegger, and Dussel
- Empire or cosmopolis: civilization at the crossroads
- Confronting empire: a tribute to Arundhati Roy
- Speaking truth to power: in memory of Edward Said
- Critical intellectuals in a global age: toward a global public sphere
- Social identity and creative praxis: hommage á Merleau-Ponty
- Nature and artifact: Gadamer on human health
- Borders or horizons?: an older debate revisited
- Empire and faith: sacred non-sovereignty
- Appendix: A. The dignity of difference: a salute to Jonathan Sacks
- B. Religion and rationality: continuity and discontinuity in the Frankfurt School
- C. Nomolatry and fidelity: a response to Charles Taylor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742549674
- 0742549682
- OCLC:
- 59002576
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