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9780847685295

Romancing Antiquity German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847685295

  • ISBN10:

    0847685292

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-06-24
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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List Price: $66.00

Summary

In this unique and comprehensive book, George McCarthy examines the influence of Greek philosophy, literature, arts, and politics on the development of twentieth-century German social thought. McCarthy demonstrates that the classical spirit vitalized thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger, Freud, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, and Habermas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Children of Oedipus and the Tragedy of Modernity: Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzschep. 3
Ancient Economy and Classical Tragedy: Max Weber, Friedrich Nietzschep. 39
Classical Antiquity and the Metaphysics of Nihilism: Martin Heideggerp. 83
Recovering Sensuality and Liberating Reason: Sigmund Freud, Herbert Marcusep. 133
Exorcising Plato and the Tyranny of Reason: Hannah Arendtp. 175
Twilight of Athens and the Origins of Hermeneutics: Hans-Georg Gadamerp. 209
Reason and Justice after Antiquity: Jurgen Habermasp. 243
Notesp. 285
Indexp. 369
About the Authorp. 379
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