Can Modernity Survive

In this new and challenging work, Heller distills the essence of a political and philosophical standpoint worked out over the course of a long career.

List of contents

Hermaneutics of Social Sciences Can Everyday life be Endangered?
Death of the Subject
Do we live in a World of Emotional Impoverishment?
What is, and What is not, Practical Reason
The Concept of the Political
Freedom and Happiness in Kant's Political Philosophy
Rights, Modernity and Democracy
Moses, Hsuan-Tsung and History.

About the author

Agnes Heller is Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is the author of numerous works, including On Instincts; Renaissance Man; The Power of Shame: A Rational Perspective; Beyond Justice; and General Ethics.

Summary

A social and philosophical analysis of the nature of modernity which explores its vulnerability in terms of the challenges to the political, economic and moral institutions in the late 20th century. The papers presented in this volume aim to provide a statement of the author's position.

Product details

• Authors: A Heller, Agnes Heller, Agnes (New School for Social Research) Heller, Johnny Heller
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.1991
• EAN: 9780745607986
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-0798-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 291 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories