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 project's most powerful defenders and critics-from Machiavelli and Spinoza to Saul Bellow and Isaiah Berlin-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.]]>
Product code: 9780300240238
| ISBN |
9780300240238 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H233xW158xS29 |
| No. Of Pages |
416 |
| Publisher |
Yale University Press |