Modernity and Its Discontents

by James L. Marsh and John D. Caputo

Book Overview

The introduction by Merold Westphal sets the scene: Two books, two visions of philosophy, two friends and sometimes colleagues.... Modernity and Its Discontents is a debate between Caputo and Marsh in which each upheld their opposing philosphical positions by critical modernism and post-modernism. The book opens with a critique of each debater of the other's previous work. With its passionate point-counterpoint form, the book recalls the philosphical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823213455
• ISBN13: 9780823213450
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Modern, all too modern

A Stimulating debate that gets to the heart of the dispute between modernists and postmodernists. Some clarity in an often foggy dispute.