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In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post--modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean--Francois Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post--modernity as a sign of post--enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re--examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Persistence of Modernity
• Subtitle: Aesthetics, Ethics and Postmodernism
• Author: Albrecht Wellmer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 236
• EAN: 9780745605388
• ISBN: 0745605389
• ID: 04907404
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 574 g
• Dimensions: 247 × 238 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. May 1991

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