Rights-The New Quarrel Between the Ancients and the Moderns (Political Philosophy) - Hardcover

Ferry, Luc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226244717 ISBN 13: 9780226244716

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1990

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In recent years, an increasing number of thinkers have grown suspicious of the Enlightenment ideals of progress, reason, and freedom. These critics, many inspired by Martin Heidegger, have attacked modern philosophy's attempt to ground a vision of the world upon the liberty of the human subject. Pointing to the rise of totalitarian regimes in this century, they argue that the Enlightenment has promoted the enslavement of human beings rather than their freedom.

In this first of four volumes that aim to revitalize the fundamental values of modern political thought, one of the leading figures in the contemporary revival of liberalism in France responds to these critics and offers a philosophically cogent defense of a humanistic modernity. Luc Ferry reexamines the philosopical basis of the contemporary retreat from the Enlightenment and then suggests his own alternative, which defends the ideals of modernity while giving due consideration to the objections of the critics.

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Luc Ferry has taught at the Sorbonne and at the University of Caen and is the former Minister of Youth, National Education, and Research in the French government. He is the author or coauthor of eight previous books published by the University of Chicago Press, including, most recently, The New Ecological Order and Man Made God.

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226244717
• ISBN 13: 9780226244716
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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