Critique of Modernity - Couverture souple

Touraine, Alain

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1557865310 ISBN 13 : 9781557865311

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This book is a critique and reinterpretation of modernity by social thinker, Alain Touriane. He begins by recalling the triumph of rationalist conceptions of modernity, then traces the destruction, in both thought and social practices, of that idea of modernity, through the critiques of consciousness and reason elaborated by Nietzsche and Freud, and in the rise of consumer society and mass communications. From modernity triumphant to modernity in crisis, Touraine charts a course through a complex history, setting the scene for his reinterpretation of the modern in the final section of the book. Redefining modernity as a tense relationship between Reason and Subject, rationalization and subjectivation, the spirit of the Renaissance and the spirit of Reformation, and science and freedom, the author establishes a position as far removed from today's declining modernism, as it is from the phantom of "postmodernity"

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

In Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine, one of our leading social thinkers, offers an outstanding analysis and reinterpretation of the modern for the twenty–first century.

Touraine begins by recalling the triumph of rationalist theories of modernity and then traces the destruction, in both thought and social practices, of that idea, through the critiques of consciousness and reason elaborated by Nietzche and Freud, and in the rise of consumer society and mass communications. From modernity triumphant to modernity in crisis, the author charts a course through a complex history, setting the scene for this re–formulation of the modern in the final section of the book.

Redefining modernity as a tense relationship between Reason and Subject, rationalization and subjectivation, the spirit of the Renaissance and the spirit of Reformation, and science and freedom, the author establishes a position as far removed from today′s declining modernism, as it is from the ubiquitous phantom of "postmodernity".

Critique of Modernity is a major contribution to debates around modernity, postmodernity and the future of democracy.

Revue de presse

"This book – unlike others on its topic – is steeped in an understanding of history and intellectual history. In it Touraine situates his original and now classical sociological thought – on post–industrialism, on new social movements, on nationhood and identity – in the context of a possible crisis and critique of modernity." Scott Lash, author of Sociology of Postmodernism

"An intellectual ′tour de force′ linking philosophy, the history of ideas, and the evolution of societies ... a book which unites factual inquiry with profound reflection." Le Figaro

"As the title proclaims, Touraine′s book gives modernity and modern history a completely new interpretation." Liberation

"Touraine′s book is a cheering reminder that we need our thoughts about freedom and responsibility to be in order, for even such very abstract ideas have a way of breaking loose, and causing havoc." Times Higher Education Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557865310
• ISBN 13: 9781557865311
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible