Arpad Szakolczai

The Genesis of Modernity (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important theoriests of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin. Their ideas on the distant roots and sources of modernity are discussed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135134259
• Artikelnr.: 42830248

Autorenporträt

Arpad Szakolczai studied in Budapest, Hungary and has a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. From 1990 to 1998 he taught social and political theory at the European University Institute in Florence. He is now Professor of Sociology and Head of Department at University College, Cork. This book follows his Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works (1998), and Reflexive Historical Sociology (2000), also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Max Weber: Charisma and the World of the City 1.
Weber's Historical Method 2. Ethical Prophecy 3. The City Part II: Eric
Voegelin 4. Voegelins's Historical Method 5. Israel and Revelation 6.
Voegelin on Greece Part III: Michel Foucault: Parrhesia and the Care of the
Self 7. Foucault's Historical Method 8. The Socratic Moment as
Philosophical Parrhesia 9. Hellenistic-Roman Parrhesia 10. Christianity.
Conclusion.