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Modernity on endless trial /

Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English.""Exemplary. ... It should be celebrated.""--Arthur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kołakowski, Leszek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Alemán
Polaco
Publicado: Chicago [Illinois] ; London [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Edición:Paperback edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. On modernity, barbarity, and intellectuals. Looking for the barbarians: The illusions of cultural barbarians
  • pt. 2. On the dilemmas of the Christian legacy. The revenge of the Sacred in secular culture. On the so-called crises of Christianity. The illusion of demythologization. Philosophical faith in the face of revelation
  • pt. 3. On Liberals, Revolutionaries, and Utopians. The death of Utopia reconsidered. The idolatry of politics. The self-poisoning of the open society. Politics and the devil. Irrationality in politics. Marxism and human rights. Revolution
  • a beautiful sickness. How to be a Conservative- Liberal-Socialist: A Credo
  • pt. 4. On scientific theories. Why an ideology is always right. The general theory of not-gardening. Emperor Kennedy legend.