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The Intellectual Origins of Modernity by David Ohana (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Intellectual Origins of Modernity by David Ohana Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Explores the long and winding road of modernity from Rousseau to Foucault, which is not to be found in a desire for enlightenment but in the Promethean passion of Western man, the passion of man to shape himself and his world anew. Publisher Description The Intellectual Origins of Modernity explores the long and winding road of modernity from Rousseau to Foucault and its roots, which are not to be found in a desire for enlightenment or in the idea of progress but in the Promethean passion of Western humankind. Modernity is the Promethean passion, the passion of humans to be their own master, to use their insight to make a world different from the one that they found, and to liberate themselves from their immemorial chains. This passion created the political ideologies of the nineteenth century and made its imprint on the totalitarian regimes that arose in their wake in the twentieth.Underlying the Promethean passion there was modernity—humankinds project of self-creation—and enlightenment, the existence of a constant tension between the actual and the desirable, between reality and the ideal. Beneath the weariness, the exhaustion and the skepticism of post-modernist criticism is a refusal to take Promethean horizons into account. This book attests the importance of reason, which remains a powerful critical weapon of humankind against the idols that have come out of modernity: totalitarianism, fundamentalism, the golem of technology, genetic engineering and a boundless will to power. Without it, the new Prometheus is liable to return the fire to the gods. Author Biography David Ohana is Professor of Modern European History at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He has been affiliated with the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, the Paris-Sorbonne, Harvard University, and the University of California at Berkeley. He specializes in comparative national mythologies. Details ISBN 0815363125 ISBN-13 9780815363125 Title The Intellectual Origins of Modernity Author David Ohana Format Hardcover Year 2019 Pages 240 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc GE_Item_ID:135911852; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780815363125

Book Title: The Intellectual Origins of Modernity

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Intellectual Origins of Modernity

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Civilization, History & Theory, General, Political

Publication Year: 2019

Item Height: 0.7 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 16.9 Oz

Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, History

Item Length: 9.3 in

Author: David Ohana

Item Width: 6.1 in

Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Ser.

Format: Hardcover

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