Thinking about the Enlightenment (eBook, PDF)

Modernity and its Ramifications
Redaktion: Davies, Martin

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Produktbeschreibung

Thinking about the Enlightenment looks beyond the current parameters of studying the Enlightenment, to the issues that can be understood by reflecting on the period in a broader context. Each of the thirteen original chapters, by an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, illustrates the problematic legacy of the Enlightenment and the continued ramifications of its thinking since the eighteenth century. Together, they consider whether modernity can see its roots in the intellectual revolution of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

The collection is divided into six sections, preceded by a comprehensive introduction to the field and the most recent scholarship on the period. Across the sections, the contributors consider modern day encounters with Enlightenment thinking, including Kant's moral philosophy, the conflict between reason and faith, the significance of the Enlightenment of law and the gender inequality that persisted throughout the eighteenth century. By examining specific encounters with the problematic results of Enlightenment concerns, the contributors are able to illuminate and offer new perspectives on topics such as human nature, race, politics, gender and rationality.

Drawing from history, philosophy, literature and anthropology, this book enables students and academics alike to take a fresh look at the Enlightenment and its legacy in the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317238355
• Artikelnr.: 44873353

Autorenporträt

Martin L. Davies is Emeritus Reader in History at the University of Leicester. His publications include Historics: Why History Dominates Contemporary Society (Routledge, 2006) and How History Works (Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of contributors Introduction: The Enlightenment: something to
think about Martin L. Davies 1. What does thinking about the Enlightenment
mean? 2. Enlightenment finality 3. The demise of a 'great truth' Thinking
about Kant and the Enlightenment 1. Kant's Concept of Enlightenment: its
Individual and Universal Dimensions Olga Poznjakova 2. Rethinking Kant's
Immaturity in Arendt's Post-Totalitarian Reflection Tatiana Weiser
Thinking about Enlightenment and Politics 3. The Enlightenment,
Encyclopedism and the Natural Rights of Man: The Case of the Code of
Humanity (1778) Luigi Delia 4. Deliberative Democrats as the Heirs of
Enlightenment: Between Habermas and Dewey John Min Thinking about
Enlightenment and Religion 5. Christianity and Enlightenment: Two
hermeneutical Approaches to their Relationship Salvatore Muscolino 6. The
Enlightenment Legacy and European Identity. Reflections on the
Cartoon-Controversy Carsten Meiner Thinking about Enlightenment and Gender
7. Between Shadow and Light: Women's Education Christophe Regina 8. "Race",
"Sex", and "Gender": Intersections, Naturalistic Fallacies, and the Age of
Reason Carina Pape Thinking about Enlightenment and its Limits 9. Adoption
as a Limit-Case for Enlightenment: Lessing's Nathan der Weise and Kleist's
Der Findling David D. Kim 10. From Unsocial Sociability to Antagonistic
Society (and back again): The historical role and social-scientific
presence of an anthropological trope Tilman Reitz Postscripts: Thinking
about Enlightenment thinking 11. Multiple Counter-Enlightenments: The
Genealogy of a Polemics from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Theo
Jung 12. 'The Proper Study of Mankind': Enlightenment and Tautology Martin
L. Davies Index