An insatiable dialectic : essays on critique, modernity, and humanism / edited by Roberto Cantú.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cantú, Roberto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern.

Humanism.

Civilization, Modern.

Criticism (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book includes studies by leading philosophers and cultural critics from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The essays represent different philosophical traditions and contrasting cultural viewpoints in the arts, literature, architecture, philosophy, and the global politics of today. In spite of their discrepancies, the authors of these essays agree on one fundamental point: critical forums of this scope are crucial and thus necessary as we enter the twenty-first century. After two World War...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; WHAT IS CRITIQUE?; AFTERWORD; CROSS-CULTURAL HERMENEUTICSAFTER HEGEL; ESSAY ON POSTMODERN CULTURE; PART TWO; INTERCULTURAL HUMANISM; EUGENICS, HUMANISM AND FRANK YERBY'SPLANTATION ROMANCE; NOT HUMAN ENOUGH; DIALECTIC OF THE ANIMALITYAND HUMANISM OF DEPTH; MARXIAN HUMANISM; COLDWAR HUMANISM AND BEYOND; THE FUTURE OF HUMANISM; PART THREE; EXPERIENCING AN UNEVENGLOBALMODERNITY; AGING AND DEPENDENCY IN SWEDEN'SWELFARE SERVICES; ADIALOGUE WITH NIETZSCHE ON THECONCEPT OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5594-4

OCLC:

874029949