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Our inherited stock of political ideas no longer tracks that world. The crisis of New Right thought is as profound as that of the Left. Green theorists and communitarian thinkers have not understood the deep diversity and intractable conflicts of contemporary societies. And postmodernists, whose thought is ruled by the dated utopias of the modern period, do not engage with the real conditions of the world's emerging postmodern societies. Late modern thought occurs in an interregnum between modern projects that are no longer credible and postmodern realities that many find intolerable.
John Gray suggests that some Enlightenment hopes of progress must be extinguished if we are to learn to respect cultural diversity and accept ecological limits. Respect for the Earth and for other species and cultures means abandoning the utopian and arcadian projects that haunt modern thought. We should aim to moderate the impact of human activity on the Earth while alleviating the unavoidable evils of human life. Yet the hubris which treats the Earth as an instrument of human purposes, and which regards other cultures as approximations to a universal civilization, embodies ancient and powerful traditions. John Gray's aim is to question these traditions and thereby to prepare our thinking for a time of beginnings.
Our inherited stock of political ideas no longer tracks that world. The crisis of New Right thought is as profound as that of the Left. Green theorists and communitarian thinkers have not understood the deep diversity and intractable conflicts of contemporary societies. And postmodernists, whose thought is ruled by the dated utopias of the modern period, do not engage with the real conditions of the world's emerging postmodern societies. Late modern thought occurs in an interregnum between modern projects that are no longer credible and postmodern realities that many find intolerable.
John Gray suggests that some Enlightenment hopes of progress must be extinguished if we are to learn to respect cultural diversity and accept ecological limits. Respect for the Earth and for other species and cultures means abandoning the utopian and arcadian projects that haunt modern thought. We should aim to moderate the impact of human activity on the Earth while alleviating the unavoidable evils of human life. Yet the hubris which treats the Earth as an instrument of human purposes, and which regards other cultures as approximations to a universal civilization, embodies ancient and powerful traditions. John Gray's aim is to question these traditions and thereby to prepare our thinking for a time of beginnings.
John Gray is the author of Endgames: Questions in Late Modern Political Thought, published by Wiley.
1. The strange death of Tory England.
2. After social democracy.
3. Rawls's anti-political liberalism.
4. Ironies of liberal postmodernity.
5. Socialism with a professorial face.
6. Green theory undone?.
7. What community is not.
8. Berlin, Oakeshott and Enlightenment.
9. The Tory endgame.
10. Beginnings.
Notes.
References.
Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745618821 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745618820 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Gray, John |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 231 x 152 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John Gray |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.05.1997 |
| Gewicht: | 0,334 kg |
John Gray is the author of Endgames: Questions in Late Modern Political Thought, published by Wiley.
1. The strange death of Tory England.
2. After social democracy.
3. Rawls's anti-political liberalism.
4. Ironies of liberal postmodernity.
5. Socialism with a professorial face.
6. Green theory undone?.
7. What community is not.
8. Berlin, Oakeshott and Enlightenment.
9. The Tory endgame.
10. Beginnings.
Notes.
References.
Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745618821 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745618820 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Gray, John |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 231 x 152 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John Gray |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.05.1997 |
| Gewicht: | 0,334 kg |
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