The barbarian temperament : toward a postmodern critical theory

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The barbarian temperament : toward a postmodern critical theory

Stjepan G. Meštrović

Routledge, 1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-319) and indexes

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780415085724

内容説明

The many dramatic events of the current fin de siecle - especially the fall of communism - raise anew some perennial questions concerning modernity and civilization. Are we living at the height of civilization or just through a latter day barbarism? Are modernists and postmodernists more barbaric than ever? And if so, how might this be resolved? The author examines a variety of approaches to questions of barbarism and civilization. He draws on Veblen's argument that barbarism is rooted in cultural habits that persist despite modernity. Upon this basis, an attack is launched against postmodernist authors and eventually, all of the writers of the Enlightenment. Veblen's position is then discussed in relation to his contemporaries, Freud and Durkheim. The author argues that these postions were all influenced by Schopenhauer's philosophy. Schopenhauer opposed Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Descartes and Comte regarding the doctrine of progress. The book was written from a sense of frustration with the so-called Western world's superiority complex.

目次

1. How to Comprehend Barbarism in the Midst of Enlightenment 2. Methodological and Empirical Issues in Perceiving Modern Barbarism 3. Barbarism and the Idea of Progress 4. Finding a Ground for Discourse 5. Choosing Philosophical Trajectories Regarding Barbarism 6. Deconstructing the Problem of Social Order 7. Moving Beyond Hermeneutics 8. Reconstructing Homo Duplex 9. Civilized Barbarism: The Nature of Psychic Wounds 10. Barbarism and Human Agency.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780415102414

内容説明

This scintillating book by one of the most interesting young sociologists currently working in the USA is a provocative and timely contribution to the debate on civilization, modernity and postmodernity. The author argues that modernity never jettisoned barbarism. Instead barbarism was repackaged in modern and postmodern traditions and cultures.

目次

  • Chapter 1 How to comprehend barbarism in the midst of enlightenment
  • Chapter 2 Methodological and empirical issues in perceiving modern barbarism
  • Chapter 3 Barbarism and the idea of progress
  • Chapter 4 Finding a ground for discourse
  • Chapter 5 Choosing philosophical trajectories regarding barbarism
  • Chapter 6 Deconstructing the problem of social order
  • Chapter 7 Moving beyond hermeneutics
  • Chapter 8 Reconstructing homo duplex
  • Chapter 9 Civilized barbarism: the nature of psychic wounds
  • Chapter 10 Barbarism and human agency
  • Chapter 11 Conclusions

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