Engaging Agnes Heller - A Critical Companion (Paperback)

This collection of essays examines the life and thought of Agnes Heller, who rose to international acclaim as a Marxist dissident in Eastern Europe, then went on to develop one of the most comprehensive oeuvres in contemporary philosophy, putting forward a distinctive ethical theory and analyses of a vast range of topics covering most every philosophical area. Here, philosophers, sociologists, journalists, and political scientists contextualize, compare and assess different elements of Heller's work; the collection as a whole highlights relevant shifts within that work as well as its intrinsic consistency. Essays in the collection address the relationship between philosophy, political practice and everyday life, Heller's theory of modernity and her ethical theory, her recent scholarship on comedy and the Biblical book of Genesis, her theories of radical needs and radical politics, her aesthetic theory, and questions about her relationship to feminist theory. The collection includes Heller's reflections on the collected essays, as well as an early essay on her mentor LukOcs that exposes her own steadfast engagement with certain practical and philosophical issues throughout her life's work.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	February 2009
Editors:	Katie Terezakis
Contributors:	Peter Beilharz • Richard J. Bernstein • Janos Boros • Kira Brunner Don • Amos Friedland • John Grumley • Agnes Heller • Horst Hutter • Preben Kaarsholm
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-2257-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-2257-6
Barcode:	9780739122570

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