The persistence of modernity : essays on aesthetics, ethics, and postmodernism
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The persistence of modernity : essays on aesthetics, ethics, and postmodernism
Polity Press, 1991
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Ethik und Dialog and Zur Dialektik von Moderne und Postmoderne
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-256) and index
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In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post-modernity as a sign of post-enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re-examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.
Table of Contents
Introduction.1. Truth, Semblance, Reconciliation: Adorno's Aesthetic Redemption of Modernity.
2. The Dialectic of Modernism and Postmodernism: The Critique of Reason Since Adorno.
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