In this major new work, Bernstein explores the ethical and political dimensions of the modernity/post-modernity debate. Bernstein argues that modernity / post-modernity should be understood as a kind of mood - one which is amorphous, shifting and protean but which exerts a powerful influence on our current thinking. Focusing on thinkers such as Heidegger, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas and Rorty, Bernstein probes the strengths and weaknesses of their work, and shows how they have contributed to the formation of a new mood, ...
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In this major new work, Bernstein explores the ethical and political dimensions of the modernity/post-modernity debate. Bernstein argues that modernity / post-modernity should be understood as a kind of mood - one which is amorphous, shifting and protean but which exerts a powerful influence on our current thinking. Focusing on thinkers such as Heidegger, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas and Rorty, Bernstein probes the strengths and weaknesses of their work, and shows how they have contributed to the formation of a new mood, a new and distinctive constellation of ideas. This new constellation has put ethical and political issues back on the philosophical agenda, forcing us to confront anew, the Socratic question 'How should I live?'
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Add this copy of The New Constellation: the Ethical-Political Horizons to cart. $23.64, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Polity Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780745609201.
Add this copy of The New Constellation: the Ethical-Political Horizons to cart. $33.64, good condition, Sold by BARNABY rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Polity Press.
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Good Condition. A few minor external marks and bumped corners. Text underlined in pencil on a few pages. Otherwise sound. Size: 22.8 x 15.5 x 2 cm. vii, 358 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Postmodernism; Philosophy, Modern; Political science--Philosophy; Philosophy, French; Ethics, Modern; Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976; ISBN: 0745609201. ISBN/EAN: 9780745609201. Add. Inventory No: 240118SRQ015057.
Add this copy of The New Constellation: the Ethical-Political Horizons to cart. $79.36, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Polity.
