The Paradoxes of Modernity: Creating Belief Through Art, Community, and Ritual
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A paradox lies at the heart of modernity: the simultaneous demand to create ideas to make us better humans and communities, along with the contrary imperative that we criticize all ideals, especially the ones we have created. In philosophy we see this paradox most acutely in figures like Immanuel Kant, who states that we cannot know the essence of things and yet we must retain old ideas - God, freedom, and the soul - in order to become better and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:3030990583
ISBN13:9783030990589
Release Date:May 2023
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:238 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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