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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813777003321

Autore

Szakolczai Arpad

Titolo

The genesis of modernity / / Arpad Szakolczai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-13425-1

1-283-96422-8

0-203-39038-5

1-135-13418-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 36

Classificazione

71.02

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Historical sociology

Civilization, Modern - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Max Weber : charisma and the world of the city -- pt. 2. Eric Voegelin : metaxy and the order of the soul -- pt. 3. Michel Foucault : parrhesia and the care of the self.

Sommario/riassunto

The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity.Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorist