The Two Sovereigns: Social Contradictions of European Modernity

ISBN-13: 9780415061919 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 232 str.

Professor Keith Tester;Tester Keith

Opis

This book examines modernity through the prism of the two sovereigns - of the individual and collectivity. The book attempts to provide a stimulating meditation on the difficult and contradictory experiences of European modernity. It uses the collapse of communism in Eastern and central Europe to explore why the institutions and narratives of modernity found it so difficult to deal with problems like the meaning of freedom, the role and status of intellectuals and the legacy of the past.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1. Strangers, 2. Gardens, 3. Sealed Trains, 4. Allotments, 5. Sewage, 6. Freedom, 7. Divergence, 8. Conclusion, Bibliography

O autorze

Keith Tester