| 书目名称 | Enlightenment in an Age of Destruction | | 副标题 | Intellectuals, World | | 编辑 | Christopher Britt,Paul Fenn,Eduardo Subirats | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Formulates a new understanding of a common concept (enlightenment) by framing it as a trans-historical and cross-cultural phenomenon.Provides an alternative to current resistance theory in arguing for | | 丛书名称 | Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book is about the ways in which modern enlightenment, rather than liberating humanity from tyranny, has subjected us to new servitude imposed by systems of mass manipulation, electronic vigilance, compulsive consumerism, and the horrors of a seemingly unending global war on terror. The main intellectual aims of this title are the following: the analysis of spectacle, the criticism of providential enlightenment, and the examination of positive dialectics. The spectacle, in this case, is the apotheosis of the culture industries, a total inversion of reality and of our existences. Providential enlightenment is not only a critique of the failure of enlightenment, but of the mutilation of historical enlightenments. Positive dialectics signal a new era of intellectual engagement in the construction of our historical future. During a time in which national democracies seem an imperial farce, it is not enough for intellectuals faced with all this destruction to blithely recommend resistance. The book thus ties American, British, French and German theoretical traditions into a reflexive challenge to the notion of intellectual as critic, and argues instead for a trespassive tradition o | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | Environmental Politics; Francis Bacon; Radical Politics; Enlightenment; Critical Theory; imperialism; Amer | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70784-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-88989-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-70784-6Series ISSN 2731-6580 Series E-ISSN 2731-6599 | | issn_series | 2731-6580 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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