The Persistence of Modernity: Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism - Hardcover

Wellmer, Albrecht

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745605389 ISBN 13: 9780745605388

Publisher: Polity, 1991

Synopsis

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post--modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean--Francois Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post--modernity as a sign of post--enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re--examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

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Review:

a Albrecht Wellmer is one of the liveliest and most challenging German philosophers engaged in recent debates about modernity and postmodernity ... [a] rich and stimulating book ... essential reading.a Richard J. Bernstein, New School for Social Research a Contributes a good deal to the clarification of the issues currently being debated by theorists of post--modernity.a Political Studies

About the Author:

Albrecht Wellmer was previously Professor of Philosophy at the University of Konstanz. He is published well, including his English publication of Critical Theory of Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0745605389
• ISBN 13: 9780745605388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236