Title & Author:

From modernism to postmodernism : an anthology / edited by Lawrence Cahoone.

Edition:

Expanded 2nd ed.

Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.

Description:

xv, 622 pages ; 26 cm

Series:

Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-605) and index.
Modern civilization and its critics -- From Meditations on first philosophy / Rene Descartes -- From A treatise on human nature / David Hume -- From Discourse on the sciences and the arts / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- From The theory of moral sentiments / Adam Smith -- "An answer to the question: 'What is Enlightenment?'" / Immanuel Kant -- From the preface to Critique of pure reason / Immanuel Kant -- From reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke -- From Sketch for an historical picture of the progress of the human mind / Marquis De Condorcet -- "Absolute freedom and terror" / G.W.F. Hegel -- "Bourgeois and Proletarians" / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- Modernity realized.
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Summary:

This is a collection of 42 classic and contemporary readings of postmodernism and modernity. The book puts contemporary debate in the context of the criticism of modernity since the 17th century, with commentary and notes to help the reader.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0631232125 (alk. paper)
9780631232124 (alk. paper)
0631232133 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780631232131 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Bürger, Christa 1935- Postmoderne
Postmodernism.
Postmodernisme.
Kulturphilosophie
Moderne
Theorie
Postmoderne
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Civilization, Modern

Added entries:

Cahoone, Lawrence E., 1954-
Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231034
Call No.: B831.2 .F7 2003
Status: Available