"The Persistence of Modernity "presents four essays, drawn from works by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, that go to the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's aesthetics, the natur
A common theme of this set of 13 essays by one of the major figures in late 20th-century German philosophies is the idea of a postmetaphysical modernity. In his preface Albrecht Wellmer relates the ti
A common theme of this set of thirteen essays by one of the major figures in contemporary German philosophy is the idea of a postmetaphysical modernity. In his preface Wellmer relates the title of his
These four essays, drawn from two books by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, goto the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's aesthetics, the nature of a postmodernethics, and the per
This volume is a collection of essays based on lectures given at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent at various occasions over the last four years.Two of our five distinguished authors are British, three a
These 11 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists take up the philosophicalaspects of Jurgen Habermas's unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. Theyrange in subject ma