Reflective authenticity : rethinking the project of modernity / Alessandro Ferrara.

"Has the Linguistic Turn sounded the death knell for the project of modernity? How can we appraise theoretical, practical and aesthetic claims in a universalist way without violating the premises of pluralism? Reflective Authenticity offers a challenging answer - an answer equally critical of t...

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Main Author: Ferrara, Alessandro, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Summary:"Has the Linguistic Turn sounded the death knell for the project of modernity? How can we appraise theoretical, practical and aesthetic claims in a universalist way without violating the premises of pluralism? Reflective Authenticity offers a challenging answer - an answer equally critical of the belief that the end of "grand narratives" implies the end of all kinds of universalism and of the intimation that conceiving of reason along communicative lines will by itself solve all the problems incurred by the project of modernity. Alessandro Ferrara suggests that the notion of reflective authenticity offers the key to a new kind of exemplary universalism which, differently from the generalizing universalism typical of modern thought, does not fall under the critique of foundationalism articulated by postmodernist thinkers."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 187 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
ISBN:0203005422
9780203005422
041513062X
9780415130622
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.