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The Ethos of the Enlightenment and the Discontents of Modernity (Hardcover)
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The Ethos of the Enlightenment and the Discontents of Modernity (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
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This book probes the sources and nature of the 'discontents of
modernity'. It proposes a new approach to the philosophic-critical
discourse on modernity. The Enlightenment is widely understood to
be the foundational moment of modernity. Yet despite its appeal to
reason as the ultimate ground of its authority and legitimacy, the
Enlightenment has had multiple historical manifestations and,
therefore, can hardly be said to be a homogenous phenomenon. The
present work seeks to identify a unitive element that allows us to
speak of the Enlightenment. To do so, it enjoins the concept of
'ethos' and its relation to the 'discontents of modernity'. This
book proposes a new theoretical framework for the examination of
the interrelationships between 'critical thought' and 'modernity',
based on a fundamental distinction between criticism and negation.
It will appeal to scholars and students of critical theory, the
history of ideas, philosophy, the sociology of knowledge, and
political science.
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