THE “PERPETUAL PRESENT” OF POLITICAL MODERNITY: ADORNO, ARENDT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE NEW

The problem addressed in this dissertation is found in the fact that the goals of political modernity cannot be realized within the rational orientation established by modern enlightened reason. Instead of the progressive movement toward the actualization of genuine freedom and human happiness, the...

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Main Author: Knight, Kenneth
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2016
Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1313
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2317&context=dissertations