The genesis of modernity / Arpad Szakolczai.

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Szakolczai, Árpád

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 36.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781135134181
1135134189
9780203390382
0203390385
1283964228
9781283964227
1135134251
9781135134259

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis of modernity.DDC classification:

301 22

LOC classification:

HM487 .S92 2003eb

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71.02
MC 1000

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Contents:

Part I. Max Weber: charisma and the world of the city -- Part II. Eric Voegelin: metaxy and the order of the soul -- Part III. Michel Foucault: parrhesia and the care of the self.

Summary: The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity. Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorist.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and indexes.

Part I. Max Weber: charisma and the world of the city -- Part II. Eric Voegelin: metaxy and the order of the soul -- Part III. Michel Foucault: parrhesia and the care of the self.

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The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity. Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorist.

English.

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