Maturity and Modernity: Nietzsche, Weber, Foucault and the Ambivalence of Reason

by David Owen

Overview

Maturity and Modernity is the first book to analyze Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault as a tradition of theorising and to chart the development of genealogy as a mode of critique. It provides clear accounts of the main ideas of Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault (as well as a useful Glossary) and illustrates the relations between these thinkers at methodological, substantive and politcal levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415153522
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/12/1997
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Kant and the Question of Maturity; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Critique; Chapter 4 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 5 The Politics of the Übermensch; Chapter 6 Genealogy as Cultural Science; Chapter 7 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 8 The Politics of 'Personality'; Chapter 9 Genealogy as Historical Ontology; Chapter 10 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 11 The Politics of Critique; Chapter 12 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Examines the work of Nietzsche, Weber, and Foucault as a distinct trajectory of modern thought, tracing the emergence and development of genealogy as a form of immanent critique. Aims to clarify the relations between these thinkers and to respond to Habermas' charge that they are nihilists by showing how genealogy as a practical activity is directed towards the achievement of human autonomy. Includes a glossary. This paperback edition is the same as the original published in 1994. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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