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

• Autore: Ferrara Alessandro <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 149.9; 195
• Soggetto topico: Authenticity (Philosophy)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reflective authenticity
• ISBN: 0-203-00542-2; 1-134-79132-1; 1-134-79131-3; 1-280-18246-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782195803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II