Facets of Modernity

This book examines being human in its theoretical, practical, and productive aspects; not in abstraction from historical, social, and political settings but, rather, as set in concrete historical and material circumstances.

List of contents

Foreword: close-ups and close-downs
1. On gods and demons
2. The other in the mirror
3. Conversation and critique
4. The burdens and blessings of boredom
5. The eternal return of the other
6. Establishing the laws of history
7. Names and voices in history
8. The comedy of philosophy
9. The gifts and dangers of free speech
10. The promise of the beautiful
11. Rethinking the ontological and scientific revolutions
12. Productive imagination

About the author

Dmitri Nikulin is Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York, USA. He is the author of a number of books including Matter, Imagination and Geometry (2002), On Dialogue (2006), Dialectic and Dialogue (2010), Comedy, Seriously (2014), and The Concept of History (2017).

Summary

This book examines being human in its theoretical, practical, and productive aspects; not in abstraction from historical, social, and political settings but, rather, as set in concrete historical and material circumstances.

Product details

• Authors: Dmitri Nikulin, Nikulin Dmitri
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786615053
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-505-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory