Philosophical-Political Profiles
| Author/creator | Habermas, Jürgen Author |
| Other author | Lawrence, Frederick Introduction by Translator |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 239 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought |
| Summary | Annotation Based on the new German edition of <i>Philosophisch-politische Profile</i>which has attracted serious and widespread attention, this book includes thirteen pieces written by Habermas between 1958 and 1978 - the most important of those in the German edition, plus additional articles.<br /><br />In these essays, Habermas offers a clear and strikingly personal examination of major modern German philosophers and cultural critics, focusing particularly on the content of their thought in relation to their respective political and biographical contexts.<br /><br /><b>Contents:</b>Does Philosophy Still Have a Purpose?; The German Influence (Heidegger); The Figures of Truth (Jaspers); Karl Lowith's Stoic Retreat from Historical Consciousness; A Marxist Schelling (Bloch); A Primal History of Subjectivity and Self-Affirmation Gone Wild (Adorno); Imitated Substantiality (Gehlen); Consciousness-raising or Rescuing Critique-On the Relevance of Walter Benjamin; Herbert Marcuse on Art and Revolution; Hannah Arendt's Concept of Power; The Hidden Torah (Gershom Scholem); Urbanizing the Heideggerian Province-In Praise of Hans-Georg Gadamer.<br /><br /><i>Philosophical-Political Profiles</i>is included in the series, Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 83042517 |
| ISBN | 9780262081337 |
| ISBN | 0262081334 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262081337 |
| Stock number | 00015994 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |