Harry Redner

The Tragedy of European Civilization (eBook, ePUB)

Towards an Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The tragedy of European civilization is a protracted historical event spanning the twentieth century and in many ways is ongoing

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351295703
• Artikelnr.: 49261883

Autorenporträt

Harry Redner

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Masters of Social Science
Introduction to Part I
1 Marx: The Romance of Revolution
Section I-History as Drama
Section II-Political Representation
Section III-Enter Weber
Section IV-Representation of Representation
2 Weber: The State, Science, and the University
Section I-Anticipations of Totalitarianism
Section II-History and Theory of the State
Section III-Science and Technology
3 Freud and Elias: The Civilizing Process
Section I-Freud's Discontents with Civilization
Section II-Elias' Manners
Section III-Elias' State
Part II: Untergangsters of History and Philosophy
Introduction to Part II 103
4 Spengler: Cultural Pessimism and Anti-Semitism
Section I-Kultur and Zivilization
Section II-The Invention of the Magian
Section III-Caesar ex Machina
5 Heidegger and Wittgenstein: Two Philosophers at Odds and Evens
Section I-Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Spengler
Section II-Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Anti-Semitism
Section III-Wittgenstein on Language and Mind
Section IV-Wittgenstein on Mathematics
Section V-Heidegger's Seinsgeschichte
6 Hannah Arendt: The Politics of Metaphysical Despair
Section I-Arendt and Heidegger
Section II-Arendt on Totalitarianism
Part III: Critics of Culture, Society, and Science
Introduction to Part III
7 Nietzsche: The Prophet of Nihilism
Section I-Eschatology of History
Section II-The Will to Power
Section III-Truth, Knowledge, and Reason as Power
8 Foucault: Death and Resurrection of the Subject
Section I-Foucault and Nietzsche
Section II-Foucault and the Death of Man
Epilogue
Index