Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the

Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow

Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not as the end product of historical developments but as a state of mind. He explores modernism as a source of both pride and anxiety, suggesting that its most distinctive characteristics are the self-criticisms and doubts that accompany social and political progress. Providing profiles of the modern projectâ€™s most powerful defenders and criticsâ€”from Machiavelli and Spinoza to Saul Bellow and Isaiah Berlinâ€”this provocative work of philosophy and political science offers a novel perspective on what it means to be modern and why discontent and sometimes radical rejection are its inevitable by-products.
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780300198393
ReleaseDate 2016-08-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300198393

Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow