PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE OF MODERNITY
Translated by Małgorzata Łukasiewicz
Philosophical Discourse of Modernity is the most famous of Jürgen Habermas’ books and, concurrently, one of the most important voices in the discussion regarding the philosophical heritage of modernity. Habermas describes the path which modern discourse has followed: from the absolute rule of the subject experiencing tragic dilemmas between the empirical world and the world of the mind, through attempts to resolve that conflict, ending with an aesthetic utopia, until achieving its own design of “communicative reason,” overcoming the difficulties inscribed in the subject category. The protagonists of this fascinating tale are the most important contemporary philosophers – Adorno, Bataille, Foucault, and Derrida – which makes Habermas’ book also an impressive panorama of the philosophy of our times.

133x205 mm, paperback, 440 p.