A Theory of Modernity
1. Auflage September 1999
328 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21613-1
John Wiley & Sons
Written by one of the most influential figures in post-World-War-II social thought, A Theory of Modernity is a comprehensive analysis of the main dynamics of modernity, which discusses the technological, social and political elements of modernism.
Acknowledgements.
Preface.
1. Modernity from a Postmodern Perspective: The Philosophical
Presuppositions.
2. Challenge by the Heritage: Hegel, Marx, Weber.
3. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Dynamics of
Modernity.
4. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Modern Social
Arrangement.
5. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Technology,
Science as the Dominating World-View of Modernity.
6. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of the Division of
Social Positions, Functions, and Wealth.
7. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Political Power
(Domination).
8. Culture and Civilization: The Three Concepts of Culture.
9. Culture and Civilization II: The Omnivorous Modernity.
10. Culture and Civilization III: Civilization.
11. World-time and Life-time.
12. Space, place and home.
13. Law, ethos and ethics. The question of values.
14. Happinessshenticity; an ethics of personality.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
Preface.
1. Modernity from a Postmodern Perspective: The Philosophical
Presuppositions.
2. Challenge by the Heritage: Hegel, Marx, Weber.
3. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Dynamics of
Modernity.
4. The Two Constituents of Modernity: The Modern Social
Arrangement.
5. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Technology,
Science as the Dominating World-View of Modernity.
6. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of the Division of
Social Positions, Functions, and Wealth.
7. The Three Logics of Modernity: The Logic of Political Power
(Domination).
8. Culture and Civilization: The Three Concepts of Culture.
9. Culture and Civilization II: The Omnivorous Modernity.
10. Culture and Civilization III: Civilization.
11. World-time and Life-time.
12. Space, place and home.
13. Law, ethos and ethics. The question of values.
14. Happinessshenticity; an ethics of personality.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
"Heller is an outstanding, independent thinker. Her theory of
modernity is distinctive and brings fresh philosophic insight to
many topics that are currently being debated."
--Richard J. Bernstein, The New School for Social
Research
"The book is an elegantly written and assured summation of her
views on modernity from a philosopher probably now at the height of
her powers. It incorporates Heller's own philosophical perspective,
an outline of her great predecessors, a comprehensive theory of
modernity and a spirit with its own complex cultural dynamic and
novel subjective experience and problems."
--John Grumley, University of Sydney
modernity is distinctive and brings fresh philosophic insight to
many topics that are currently being debated."
--Richard J. Bernstein, The New School for Social
Research
"The book is an elegantly written and assured summation of her
views on modernity from a philosopher probably now at the height of
her powers. It incorporates Heller's own philosophical perspective,
an outline of her great predecessors, a comprehensive theory of
modernity and a spirit with its own complex cultural dynamic and
novel subjective experience and problems."
--John Grumley, University of Sydney
Agnes Heller-a colleague, pupil, and friend of George Lukacs and one-time dissident in Communist Hungary - is Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Her books include Reconstructing Aestheticism (1986), Beyond Justice (1988), General Ethics (1989), A Philosophy of Morals (1990), and An Ethics of Personality (1996), all published by Blackwell Publishers.
