| Romancing Antiquity: German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas Contributor(s): McCarthy, George E. (Author), Arendt, Hannah (Contribution by), Gadamer, Hans-Georg (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0847685292 ISBN-13: 9780847685295 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 97001989 |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this unique and comprehensive book, George McCarthy examines the influence of Greek philosophy, literature, arts, and politics on the development of twentieth-century German social thought. McCarthy demonstrates that the classical spirit vitalized thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger, Freud, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, and Habermas. With the romancing of antiquity, they transformed their understanding of the modern self, political community, and Enlightenment rationality. By viewing contemporary social theory from the framework of the classical world, McCarthy argues, we are capable of thinking beyond the limits of modernity to new possibilities of human reason, science, beauty, and social justice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heidegger, Martin: - Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher and one of the most important European thinkers of the twentieth century. |
