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Overview"This book is the first full-length study of the ongoing debate over the status of our ""disenchanted"" world-a world stripped of mysterious and supernatural forces by the demythologizing power of reason and modern science. It draws together for the first time the writings of various theorists on this theme, such as Georg Lukacs, Theodor Adorno, and Jurgen Habermas, providing a coherent overview of an evolving dialogue, as well as Germain's own evaluation of the disenchantment problematic." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gilbert G. GermainPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9780791413197ISBN 10: 0791413195 Pages: 187 Publication Date: 11 February 1993 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part One. The Outward Journey I The Setting The Turn Toward Epistemology Positivism and Anti-Positivism The Nietzschean Critique Summary and Conclusion II The Disenchantment Thesis The Weberian Synthesis The Disenchantment of Nature The Disenchantment of the World Lukacs and Instrumental Rationality Systems Theory Summary and Conclusion Part Two. The Journey Home III Modernity Vindicated Blumenberg and the Legitimacy of Modernity Habermas: Early Works Habermas: The Theory of Communicative Action Summary and Conclusion IV Modernity Reconsidered Habermas Appraised Adorno Revisited Merleau-Ponty: From Perception to Ontology Summary and Conclusion V Embodied Politics The Problem with 'Politics' Embodied Politics Epilogue Notes BibliographyReviewsIn the worldwide ecological crisis facing us today, hardly an issue demands our attention more urgently than the relation between modern civilization and nature. Germain boldly tackles this issue in its broad political and philosophical ramifications. Focusing on the Weberian notion of 'disenchantment,' his book offers a detailed genealogy of the steadily deepening rift between mind and matter, between modern technology and mastery over nature. An elegantly written study addressed to and deserving a wide audience. - Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame The philosophical critique is excellent, of the highest order. - Philip Green, Smith College Author InformationGilbert G. Germain is Assistant Professor of Political Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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