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Confines of democracy : essays on the philosophy of Richard J. Bernstein / edited by Ramón del Castillo, Ángel M. Faerna, and Larry A. Hickman.
Van Pelt Library B945.B4764 C66 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Value inquiry book series ; 285.
- Value inquiry book series. Central-European value studies
- Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; volume 285. Central European value studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bernstein, Richard J--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bernstein, Richard J.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill Rodopi, [2015]
- Summary:
- The topics addressed by Richard J. Bernstein in his extensive and illuminating work span the stream of contemporary thought in several directions: ethics, politics, epistemology, philosophy of history, and social theory. In reflecting on them Bernstein has played an intermediary role between the most recognizable product of American philosophical tradition, i.e. Pragmatism, and such central trends in European 20th century thought as Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory, and Hermeneutics. In this volume a host of prominent scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America pays tribute to Bernstein's lifelong reflection on such present human problems as: the achievements and the dilemmas of modern societies, the legitimation crisis of democracy, the uses and abuses of public space, the role of scientific knowledge and technology in shaping the modern life, the ethical and political interplay between identity and community, and the preconditions and limits of understanding in multicultural contexts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 900430004X
- 9789004300040
- OCLC:
- 910504735
- Publisher Number:
- 99965862382
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