What's left of Enlightenment? : a postmodern question
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What's left of Enlightenment? : a postmodern question
Stanford University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index
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ISBN 9780804740258
Description
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 Postmodernity requires a "modernity" to be repudiated and superseded, and the tenets of this modernity have invariably been identified with the so-called Enlightenment Project.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.
In so doing, the authors focus on three general areas. Part I, "Enlightenment or Postmodernity?", reflects on the way in which contemporary discussion characterizes the two movements as radical alternatives. Part II, "Critical Confrontations," provides a kind of archaeology of this opposition by charting a series of critical engagements by those who have affirmed or demeaned Enlightenment values in the twentieth century. Part III, "A Postmodern Enlightenment?", complicates the perceived dichotomy between Enlightenment and Postmodernity by pointing to the existence within the Enlightenment of elements frequently seen as characteristic of Postmodernity.
The contributors are Lorraine Daston, Dena Goodman, David Hollinger, Lawrence E. Klein, Jonathan Knudsen, Michael Meranze, Richard Rorty, Hans Sluga, and Johnson Kent Wright.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Keith Michael Baker and Peter Hanns Reill
- Part I. Enlightenment or Postmodernity? 1. The enlightenment and the genealogy of cultural conflict in the United States David A. Hollinger
- 2. The continuity between the Enlightenment and 'postmodernism' Richard Rorty
- Part II. Critical Confrontations: 3. The historicist enlightenment Jonathan Knudsen
- 4. Heidegger and the critique of reason Hans Sluga
- 5. 'A bright clear mirror' Cassirer's The Philosophy of Enlightenment Johnson Kent Wright
- 6. Critique and government: Michael Foucault and the question 'what is enlightenment' Michael Meranze
- Part III. A Postmodern Enlightenment? 7. Enlightenment fears, fears of enlightenment Lorraine Daston
- 8. Difference: an enlightenment concept Dena Goodman
- 8. Enlightenment as conversation Lawrence E. Klein
- Notes
- Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780804740265
Description
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.
In so doing, the authors focus on three general areas. Part I, "Enlightenment or Postmodernity?", reflects on the way in which contemporary discussion characterizes the two movements as radical alternatives. Part II, "Critical Confrontations," provides a kind of archaeology of this opposition by charting a series of critical engagements by those who have affirmed or demeaned Enlightenment values in the twentieth century. Part III, "A Postmodern Enlightenment?", complicates the perceived dichotomy between Enlightenment and Postmodernity by pointing to the existence within the Enlightenment of elements frequently seen as characteristic of Postmodernity.
The contributors are Lorraine Daston, Dena Goodman, David Hollinger, Lawrence E. Klein, Jonathan Knudsen, Michael Meranze, Richard Rorty, Hans Sluga, and Johnson Kent Wright.
Table of Contents
Introduction Keith Michael Baker and Peter Hanns Reill Part I. Enlightenment or Postmodernity? 1. The enlightenment and the genealogy of cultural conflict in the United States David A. Hollinger 2. The continuity between the Enlightenment and 'postmodernism' Richard Rorty Part II. Critical Confrontations: 3. The historicist enlightenment Jonathan Knudsen 4. Heidegger and the critique of reason Hans Sluga 5. 'A bright clear mirror' Cassirer's The Philosophy of Enlightenment Johnson Kent Wright 6. Critique and government: Michael Foucault and the question 'what is enlightenment' Michael Meranze Part III. A Postmodern Enlightenment? 7. Enlightenment fears, fears of enlightenment Lorraine Daston 8. Difference: an enlightenment concept Dena Goodman 8. Enlightenment as conversation Lawrence E. Klein Notes Index.
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