MODERNITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not as the end product of historical developments but as a state of mind. He expl ores modernism as a source of both pride and anxiety, suggesting that its most distinctive characteristics are the self-criticisms a nd doubts that accompany social and political progress. Providing profiles of the modern projects most powerful defenders and criti csfrom Machiavelli and Spinoza to Saul Bellow and Isaiah Berlinthis provocative work of philosophy and political science offers a novel perspe...[Llegir més]