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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451502403321

Autore

Ferrara Alessandro <1953->

Titolo

Reflective authenticity [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking the project of modernity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

149.9

195

Soggetti

Authenticity (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Authenticity and validity; Postmetaphysical phronesis; From Kant to Kant: a normativity without principles; Reflective authenticity and exemplary universalism; Post-modern eudaimonia: dimensions of an authentic identity; The fulfillment of collective identities; Authenticity, the text and the work of art; Rethinking the project of modernity; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reflective Authenticity: Rethinking the Project of Modernity is a challenging consideration of what remains of ambitious Enlightenment ideas such as democracy, freedom and universality in the wake of relativist, postmodern thought.  Do clashes over gender, race and culture mean that universal notions such as justice or rights no longer apply outside our own communities? Do our actions lose their authenticity if we act on principles that transcend the confines of our particular communities ? Alessandro Ferrara proposes a path out of this impasse via the notion of reflective authent