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xxxv, 270 pages ; 24 cm |
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Studies in contemporary German social thought |
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Studies in contemporary German social thought.
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| Note |
Essays and interviews previously published in German, many of which were taken from Habermas' Kleine politische Schriften V and VI, ©1985, 1987. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Neoconservatism -- Modern and postmodern architecture -- Neoconservative cultural criticism in the United States and West Germany -- 2. The new obscurity: the crisis of the welfare state and the exhaustion of utopian energies -- 3. Heinrich Heine and the role of the intellectual in Germany -- 4. The idea of the university: learning processes -- 5. The horrors of autonomy: Carl Schmitt in English -- 6. Work and Weltanschauung: the Heidegger controversy from a German perspective -- 7. Taking aim at the heart of the present: on Foucault's lecture on Kant's "What is enlightenment" -- 8. Culture and politics -- Political culture in Germany since 1968: an interview with Dr. Rainer Erd for the Frankfurter Rundschau -- The new intimacy between culture and politics: theses on enlightenment in Germany -- 9. A kind of settling of damages -- Remarks from the Römerberg Colloquium -- Apologetic tendencies -- On the public use of history -- Closing remarks -- 10. Historical consciousness and post-traditional identity: the Federal Republic's orientation to the West -- Index. |
| Summary |
Essays discuss denial of Germany's Nazi past, the rise of the neoconservative movement in Europe and America, and the welfare state. |
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Conservatism.
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Welfare state.
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Political culture.
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Politics and culture.
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Conservatism. (OCoLC)fst00875582
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Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
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Politics and culture. (OCoLC)fst01069952
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Welfare state. (OCoLC)fst01173685
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| Added Author |
Nicholsen, Shierry Weber.
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| ISBN |
0262081881 |
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9780262081887 |
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0745606792 |
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9780745606798 |
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0262581078 |
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9780262581073 |
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