Modernity's wager: authority, the self, and transcendence
Adam Seligman, one of our most important social thinkers, continues the incisive critique of modernity he began in his previously acclaimed The Idea of Civil Society and The Problem of Trust. In this provocative new work of social philosophy, Seligman evaluates modernity's wager, namely, the ga...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton
Princeton University Press
c2000
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| In: | Year: 2000 |
| Reviews: | Modernity's Wager: Authority, the Self, and Transcendence. Adam B. Seligman (2002) (Byrnes, Thomas A.)
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PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy
B Social Change B Social Sciences B Authority B Transcendence (Philosophy) B Self B Transcendentale filosofie B Zelf B Transcendance (philosophie) B Autorité B Moi (Psychologie) B Gezag B Sociology & Social History B Electronic books B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General |
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| Summary: | Adam Seligman, one of our most important social thinkers, continues the incisive critique of modernity he began in his previously acclaimed The Idea of Civil Society and The Problem of Trust. In this provocative new work of social philosophy, Seligman evaluates modernity's wager, namely, the gambit to liberate the modern individual from external social and religious norms by supplanting them with the rational self as its own moral authority. Yet far from ensuring the freedom of the individual, Seligman argues, "the fundamentalist doctrine of enlightened reason has called into being its own nem |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-171) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 1400824699 |