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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Burnheim, John

Titel

THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF AGNES HELLER

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

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Sociological Abstracts

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• These 15 essays, published as part of the Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences & the Humanities (Leszek Nowak, editor in chief), critically examine the social philosophy of Agnes Heller, whose phenomenologically inspired work on philosphical psychology & anthropology, modernity, Hegelianism, & the philosophy of history has influenced a generation of social thinkers. Here, Heller's chief philosophical concerns are laid bare in several papers by internationally known philosophers & sociologists, elucidating her work in contrast to that of others who have addressed similar concerns. Essay topics include: the failure of Georg Lukacs's Budapest school to adequately address the links between historicity & universality in human values; Heller's critique of Hannah Arendt's distinction between modernity & classical polity; & Heller's philosophical anthropology & her successful merger of phenomenology & Hegelian Marxism in her theory of everyday life. Heller addresses each contributor -- criticisms in a closing essay that ranges over a variety of topics -- the nature of philosophical reflection, the modernity/postmodernity debate, & the nature of justice & politics. The 15 (unnumbered) essays are preceded by the editor's Introduction & followed by Heller's reply. Mihaly Vajda -- A Lover of Philosophy -- A Lover of Europe. Phillippe Despoix -- On the Possibility of a Philosophy of Values. A Dialogue within the Budapest School. Martin Jay -- Women in Dark Times: Agnes Heller and Hannah Arendt. Johann P. Arnason -- The Human Condition and the Modern Predicament. Richard J. Bernstein -- Agnes Heller: Philosophy, Rational Utopia and Praxis. Zygmunt Bauman -- Narrating Modernity. Peter Beilharz -- Theories of History -- Agnes Heller and R. G. Collingwood. Richard Wolin -- Heller's Theory of Everyday Life. Paul Harrison -- Radical Philosophy and the Theory of Modernity. Arthur J. Jacobson -- The Limits of Formal Justice. Peter Murphy -- Civility and Radicalism. Peter Murphy -- Pluralism and Politics. Victoria Camps -- The Good Life: A Moral Gesture. Laura Boella -- Philosophy beyond the Baseless and Tragic Character of Action. Gyorgy Markus -- The Politics of Morals. Agnes Heller -- A Reply to My Critics. References are footnoted. Bibliog of Agnes Heller. W. Howard