Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture

Robert B. Pippin

ISBN 10: 0631214143 / ISBN 13: 9780631214144

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1999

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Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406. . 1999. 2nd Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631214143
• ISBN 13: 9780631214144
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self-understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition.

About the Author

Robert B. Pippin is the Raymond W. and Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books on the modern philosophical tradition and one on literature, Henry James and Modern Moral Life (1999), as well as numerous articles on similar topics.