The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics
These profiles show how the classic problem of the relation between philosophy and politics evolved in the 20th century into the modern challenge of intellectual responsibility in an age of barbarism and totalitarianism. The author suggests that although the threat of tyranny seems to have...
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These profiles show how the classic problem of the relation between philosophy and politics evolved in the 20th century into the modern challenge of intellectual responsibility in an age of barbarism and totalitarianism. The author suggests that although the threat of tyranny seems to have receded, its possible allure continues to challenge independent inquiry. Included are profiles of Martin Heidegger, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Alexandre Kojeve, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781590170717 (1590170717)
Publish date: August 31st 2003
Publisher: New York Review Books
Pages no: 236
Edition language: English
This book contains brief, almost breezy (and very readable) essays on the philosophies and political implications thereof of Heidegger, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Kojève, Foucault, and Derrida.I read the papers on MH, MF, and JD -- and the last two (for those who aren't up to speed on their idea...
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