The Dilemma of Modernity: Philosophy, Culture, and Anti-Culture

The development of modern culture along subjectivist lines has led to an analogue of psychological narcissism-to philosophical narcissism-in the culture. The intrinsic value of human cultural activity has been lost, and the intellectual foundation of the modern world-view has been destroyed.

Cahoone carefully develops the idea of subjectivity and narcissism using psychological theory, the dialectical theory of the Frankfurt school, and historians. The core of his interpretive argument is dev...