The Politics of Unreason

The Politics of Unreason
Title The Politics of Unreason PDF eBook
Author Seymour Martin Lipset
Publisher
Pages 581
Release 1990-06-01
Genre
ISBN 9780686950462

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The Politics of Unreason

The Politics of Unreason
Title The Politics of Unreason PDF eBook
Author Seymour Martin Lipset
Publisher
Pages 608
Release 1970
Genre
ISBN 9780608094656

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The Politics of Unreason

The Politics of Unreason
Title The Politics of Unreason PDF eBook
Author Lars Rensmann
Publisher SUNY Press
Pages 602
Release 2017-07-25
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1438465939

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The first systematic analysis of the Frankfurt School’s research and theorizing on modern antisemitism. Although the Frankfurt School represents one of the most influential intellectual traditions of the twentieth century, its multifaceted work on modern antisemitism has so far largely been neglected. The Politics of Unreason fills this gap, providing the first systematic study of the Frankfurt School’s philosophical, psychological, political, and social research and theorizing on the problem of antisemitism. Examining the full range of these critical theorists’ contributions, from major studies and prominent essays to seemingly marginal pieces and aphorisms, Lars Rensmann reconstructs how the Frankfurt School, faced with the catastrophe of the genocide against the European Jews, explains forms and causes of anti-Jewish politics of hate. The book also pays special attention to research on coded and “secondary” antisemitism after the Holocaust, and how resentments are politically mobilized under conditions of democracy. By revisiting and rereading the Frankfurt School’s original work, this book challenges several misperceptions about critical theory’s research, making the case that it provides an important source to better understand the social origins and politics of antisemitism, racism, and hate speech in the modern world. “The Frankfurt School’s analysis of antisemitism, pathbreaking in so many respects, has been a curiously neglected aspect of its legacy. In his lucid and insightful book, Lars Rensmann helps to remedy this gap in critical theory’s reception history. Thereby, he has produced a pioneering study, demonstrating convincingly how the theoretical and methodological framework developed by Adorno, Horkheimer, et al., remains, in many respects, more relevant than ever.” — Richard Wolin, author of The Frankfurt School Revisited: And Other Essays on Politics and Society “The Politics of Unreason is fascinating and richly written. Rensmann digs deeply into critical theory and its arguments. These arguments are spelled out in detail and with precision. He gives real insights into how critical theory approaches the whole issue of hate and unreason, and what critical theory develops as a critique of unreason and its pathological consequences.” — James M. Glass, coeditor of Re-Imagining Public Space: The Frankfurt School in the 21st Century

Reason and Unreason

Reason and Unreason
Title Reason and Unreason PDF eBook
Author Michael Rustin
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 257
Release 2002-01-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 056706722X

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The justification and legitimacy of psychoanalytic knowledge and its relevance to social and political questions.

The Age of American Unreason

The Age of American Unreason
Title The Age of American Unreason PDF eBook
Author Susan Jacoby
Publisher Vintage
Pages 386
Release 2009-02-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1400096383

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A scathing indictment of American modern-day culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, poor public education, a lack of fair-minded intellectuals, and a lazy, credulous public, condemning our addiction to infotainment, from TV to the Web, and assessing its repercussions for the country as a whole. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

The Politics of Myth

The Politics of Myth
Title The Politics of Myth PDF eBook
Author Robert Ellwood
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 232
Release 1999-08-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 1438402023

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The Politics of Myth examines the political views implicit in the mythological theories of three of the most widely read popularizers of myth in the twentieth century, C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell. All three had intellectual roots in the anti-modern pessimism and romanticism that also helped give rise to European fascism, and all three have been accused of fascist and anti-Semitic sentiments. At the same time, they themselves tended toward individualistic views of the power of myth, believing that the world of ancient myth contained resources that could be of immense help to people baffled by the ambiguities and superficiality of modern life. Robert Ellwood details the life and thought of each mythologist and the intellectual and spiritual worlds within which they worked. He reviews the damaging charges that have been made about their politics, taking them seriously while endeavoring to put them in the context of the individual's entire career and lifetime contribution. Above all, he seeks to extract from their published work the view of the political world that seems most congruent with it.

The Seduction of Unreason

The Seduction of Unreason
Title The Seduction of Unreason PDF eBook
Author Richard Wolin
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 422
Release 2019-04-30
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0691192103

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Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past. In this intellectual genealogy of the postmodern spirit, Richard Wolin shows that postmodernism’s infatuation with fascism has been extensive and widespread. He questions postmodernism’s claim to have inherited the mantle of the Left, suggesting instead that it has long been enamored with the opposite end of the political spectrum. Wolin reveals how, during in the 1930s, C. G. Jung, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Georges Bataille, and Maurice Blanchot were seduced by fascism's promise of political regeneration and how this misapprehension affected the intellectual core of their work. The result is a compelling and unsettling reinterpretation of the history of modern thought. In a new preface, Wolin revisits this illiberal intellectual lineage in light of the contemporary resurgence of political authoritarianism.