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The Persistence of Modernity

Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism

By: Albrecht Wellmer

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The Persistence of Modernity

Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism

By: Albrecht Wellmer

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post-modernity as a sign of post-enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re-examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

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0745692354

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Endgames

The Irreconcilable Nature of Modernity: Essays and Lectures

By: Albrecht Wellmer

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The Irreconcilable Nature of Modernity: Essays and Lectures

By: Albrecht Wellmer

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 book, Endgames, to this common theme: The historical utopias of the Marxist tradition and the programs of ultimate justification in the Kantian tradition are both endgames within metaphysics, the deconstruction of those utopias and programs of ultimate justification are endgames played with metaphysics, and the game with an end as ultimate telos--the end(s) of history, the end(s) of knowledge, the end(s) of human life--is metaphysics. The title, Endgames, finally also refers polemically to postmodernist games with an end of modernity; as opposed to these, Wellmer defends the fragile moral and political substance of the modernity that postmodernists attempt to overcome--and that sense of what needs to be preserved of the modern tradition for a postmetaphysical modernity is what makes his writings unique. In the first of the book's three parts, "Negative and Communicative Freedom," Wellmer focuses on political philosophy, examining in particular the links and tensions between liberal basic rights and modern ideas of democracy. In Part II, "Postmetaphysical Perspectives," he attempts to develop a postmetaphysical perspective on aesthetics and metaphysics (with and against Adorno), on the problem of truth (with and against Richard Rorty, Jürgen Habermas, and Karl-Otto Apel), and on hermeneutics (with and against Hans-Georg Gadamer and Karl-Otto Apel). Part III, "Images of the Times," contains occasional pieces on Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Frankfurt School, Hans Jonas, and architecture. The book closes with an appended critical essay on Hannah Arendt, reflecting the importance of Arendt's political philosophy to Wellmer's work.

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MIT Press

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0262731339

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Identity and Difference

Essays on Music, Language, and Time

By: Jonathan Cross,Jonathan Harvey,Helmut Lachenmann,Albrecht Wellmer,Richard Klein

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Identity and Difference

Essays on Music, Language, and Time

By: Jonathan Cross,Jonathan Harvey,Helmut Lachenmann,Albrecht Wellmer,Richard Klein

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 are Germans. Two are prominent composers and both keen and provocative writers about music; one is a musicologist and daring critic who specializes in contemporary music. There are also two philosophers and Adorno specialists that deal with such fundamental and highly complex matters as music and language, and music and time.All authors subscribe to the same seriousness of purpose, so that you may find reminiscences of one text in the others, which will make for a fascinating read. Moreover, this book is all about the current state of music, about thinking, speaking, and writing about music in the immediate aftermath of that stirring and fascinating twentieth century.

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Leuven University Press

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The Persistence of Modernity

Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism

By: Albrecht Wellmer

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Endgames

The Irreconcilable Nature of Modernity: Essays and Lectures

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Identity and Difference

Essays on Music, Language, and Time

By: Jonathan Cross,Jonathan Harvey,Helmut Lachenmann,Albrecht Wellmer,Richard Klein

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The Persistence of Modernity

Essays on Aesthetics, Ethic, and Postmodernism

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Essays on Aesthetics, Ethic, and Postmodernism

By: Albrecht Wellmer

Essays on Aesthetics, Ethics, and Postmodernism: These four essays, drawn from two books by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, go to the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's anesthetics, the nature of a postmodern ethics, and the persistence of modernity in the so-called postmodern age.

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