Disenchantment of Reason

The Problem of Socrates in Modernity

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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This book is an examination of nineteenth-century interpretations of Socrates by Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche in the light of the contemporary debates over rationality in the modern world. These interpretations of Socrates have fundamentally influenced modern and postmodern thought, and their complexity reflects both an attraction to, and a fear of, the peculiarly modern concept of reason that Socrates is read as embodying.Socrates is seen in this book as an emblematic figure through which the constitutive tensions between enlightenment and romanticism in modern thought can be understood. In the concluding chapter, Harrison analyzes the claims of discursive reason versus those of deconstruction in the postmodern conflict over the figure of Socrates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1994-04-06
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Social and Political Thought
Antal sidor264
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791418383

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

"The author addresses a particularly important issue for nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought, i.e., disenchantment with reason. The use of Socrates as a vehicle for examining how reason is critically appropriated in the nineteenth century is an interesting and useful one." — Michael T. Gibbons, University of South Florida"This book is very tightly argued and logical throughout. It is broad in scope, well-based in scholarly literature, and shows complete command of its subject. The author is outstanding in showing unexpected ramifications, the drawing of comparisons and contrasts." — Horst Mewes, University of Colorado, Boulder