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It has become increasingly clear in recent years that, for all
their differences, the many varieties of thinking commonly grouped
together under the rubric of "postmodernism" share at least one
salient characteristic: they all depend upon a stereotyped account
of the Enlightenment. Postmodernity requires a "modernity" to be
repudiated and superseded, and the tenets of this modernity have
invariably been identified with the so-called Enlightenment
Project. This volume aims to explore critically the now
conventional opposition between Enlightenment and Postmodernity and
question some of the conclusions drawn from it.
The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine
volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique
selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These
readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization
sequence at the University of Chicago, were chosen by an
outstanding group of scholars whose experience teaching that course
spans almost four decades. Each volume includes rarely anthologized
selections as well as standard, more familiar texts; a bibliography
of recommended parallel readings; and introductions providing
background for the selections. Beginning with Periclean Athens and
concluding with twentieth-century Europe, these source materials
enable teachers and students to explore a variety of critical
approaches to important events and themes in Western history.
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