PHILOSOPHICAL-POLITICAL PROFILES

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PHILOSOPHICAL-POLITICAL PROFILES
Autor: Habermas, Jurgen
Assuntos: Political Factors ; Social Philosophy
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Descrição: Part of the Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought series under the editorship of Thomas McCarthy. This is a translation by Frederick G. Lawrence of Philosophisch-politische Profile, &, Kultur und Kritik: Verstreute Aufsaetze ([Philosophical-Political Profiles & Culture and Criticism: Scattered Essays], Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981), containing 13 essays & a translator's Introduction. It assesses major theoretical & philosophical concerns of prominent German or German-trained intellectuals of the twentieth century. (1) Does Philosophy Still Have a Purpose (1971) - explores legitimate issues for modern philosophy, noting the breakdown in the relationships philosophy has traditionally had with science, religion, & theology; the lack of unity among philosophical disciplines is analyzed, & Hegel's role in the fragmentation of philosophy described. (2) The German Idealism of the Jewish Philosophers (1961) - analyzes philosophical contributions of German-Jewish intellectuals, including Franz Rosenzweig, Hermann Cohen & other members of the Marburg school including Max Adler, Otto Liebmann, Edmund Husserl, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, & others. (3) Karl Jaspers: The Figures of Truth (1958) - examines Jaspers's views on existentialism as a form of neo-Kantianism, & provides comments on Jaspers's projected history of philosophy. (4) Martin Heidegger: The Great Influence (1959) - criticizes Heidegger's work on Kantian transcendentalism, & the problems in Being and Time. (5) Ernst Bloch: A Marxist Schelling (1960) - analyzes Bloch's utopianism, from psychological, historical, & literary perspectives. (6) Karl Lowith: Stoic Retreat from Historical Consciousness (1963) - discusses Lowith's work on Nietzsche & Jacob Burckhardt, & on the necessary separation of theory & practice; & considers Lowith's refusal to perceive destructive influences of modern science. (7) Theodor Adorno: The Primal History of Subjectivity -- Self-Affirmation Gone Wild (1969) - confronts Adorno's "dialectic of the enlightenment" in Negative Dialectics, with its criticism of bourgeois subjectivity; & describes Adorno's association with Walter Benjamin. (8) Arnold Gehlen: Imitation Substantiality (1970) - discusses Gehlen's anthropological ethics & his critique of liberal humanitarianism. (9) Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or Rescuing Critique (1972) - categorizes diverse critical perspectives on Benjamin, & assesses Benjamin's views on historical materialism, his aesthetics, & his theory of experience. (10) Herbert Marcuse: On Art and Revolution (1973) - covers aesthetic & political themes in An Essay on Liberation & Counterrevolution and Revolt, similarities with Theodor Adorno, & the question of the autonomy of art. (11) Hannah Arendt: On the Concept of Power (1976) - compares Arendt's view of power with Max Weber's theory of social action & Talcott Parsons's systems theory; her views on communicative action, & her grounding in classical political theory are discussed. (12) Hans-Georg Gadamer: Urbanizing the Heideggerian Province (1979) - explains the framework of philosophical hermeneutics presented in Truth and Method. (13) Gershom Scholem: The Torah in Disguise (1978) - considers the theme of Jewish mysticism & the perseverance of Jewish influence on German thought in the post-WWII era. Scholem's Biblical exegesis on the themes of revelation, tradition, & teaching are examined. Notes.
Data de criação/publicação: 1983
Idioma: Inglês

PHILOSOPHICAL-POLITICAL PROFILES

Habermas, Jurgen

1983

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