Manuel P. Arriaga

Modernist-Postmodernist Quarrel on Philosophy and Justice

A Possible Levinasian Mediation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the social relevance of philosophy as this problem is posed in the contemporary Modernism-Postmodernism debate. Manuel P. Arriaga critically investigates the two sides of the debate in their various presuppositions and their equally diverse ramifications in fields ranging from political theory, philosophy of religion, and theory of knowledge, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780739111369
• ISBN-10: 0739111361
• Artikelnr.: 21218615

Autorenporträt

By Manuel P. Arriaga

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Framing the Issue
Chapter 2 Modernism, Critical Theory, and Habermas's Reconstructive Science
Chapter 3 Habermas's Discourse Ethics and the Question of Justice
Chapter 4 Jean-François Lyotard: Justice, Philosophy, and Undecidability
Chapter 5 Richard Rorty on the Social Irrelevance of Philosophy
Chapter 6 The Dichotomy in Liberally-inspired Views of Justice
Chapter 7 Some Integrative Approaches
Chapter 8 Levinas's Integrative Views of Justice and Philosophy