George E McCarthy

Romancing Antiquity

German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780847685295
• ISBN-10: 0847685292
• Artikelnr.: 38492895

Autorenporträt

By George E. McCarthy - Contributions by Hannah Arendt; Hans-Georg Gadamer; Jurgen Habermas; Martin Heidegger; Karl Marx; Friedrich Nietzsche and Max Weber

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: In the
Shadow of Ancient Parnassos: the Coming of the Cosmic Night Chapter 4
Children of Oedipus and the Tragedy of Modernity Chapter 5 Ancient Economy
and Classical Tragedy Part 6 Part II: Phenomenology and the Greeks: Praxis
as Understanding Chapter 7 Classical Antiquity and the Metaphysics of
Nihilism Part 8 Part III: The Gods of Greece and the Reenchantment of
Reason Chapter 9 Recovering Sensuality and Liberating Reason Chapter 10
Exorcising plato and the Tyranny of Reasons Chapter 11 Twilight of Athens
and the Origins of Hermeneutics Part 12 Part IV: Eclipse of Antiquity and
the Revaluation of the enlightenment Chapter 13 Reason and Justice After
Antiquity Chapter 14 Notes Chapter 15 Index