The Failure of Modernism

The Failure of Modernism
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Publisher : CUA Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0966922611
ISBN-13 : 9780966922615
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Book Synopsis The Failure of Modernism by : Brendan Sweetman

Download or read book The Failure of Modernism written by Brendan Sweetman and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to The Failure of Modernism are influenced by the view that modernism has failed, and most of the essays attempt to critique specific features of modernism, often from a more traditional perspective. Modernism in philosophy is characterized by skepticism and anti-realism in epistemology, and by relativism in ethics and politics.


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