Title The Genesis of Modernity

Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (301 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Routledge studies in social and political thought. Contents Cover; The Genesis of Modernity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Max Weber: charisma and the world of the city; 1 Weber's historical method; Conditions of emergence; Responses; Lasting effects: Reflections on the experience of suffering; 2 Ethical prophecy; Prophecy in the theoretical summaries; Prophecy in Ancient Judaism; Conclusion; 3 The city; The status of the manuscript; Settlement patterns vs social stratification; The nature of the city; The Occidental city PART II Eric Voegelin: metaxy and the order of the soul4 Voegelin's historical method; Introduction; 1943 revisited; Metaxy; 5 Israel and Revelation; Introduction; The axial age; The axial age in Voegelin's work; The ecumenic age; Israel and the modalities of Exodus; The prophets; 6 Plato and the order of the soul; Introduction; Early diagnoses; The Golden Age of Athens; Institutional and legal background; Historiography; Philosophy; Plato; PART III Michel Foucault: parrhesia and the care of the self; 7 Foucault's historical method; Four striking images: recurrence and forgetting Emperor Septimus Severus and his cosmologyThe story of Oedipus Tyrannos told and re-told; Dr Leuret's strange therapy of self-identification; The scene of baptism; Conclusion; 8 The Socratic Moment as philosophical parrhesia; The Apology; The origins of parrhesia; Political parrhesia : pericles; The origins of the care of the self; Philosophical parrhesia: Socrates; The break-up of the Socratic unity; 9 Hellenistic-Roman parrhesia; Introduction; The Epicureans; The Stoics; An epilogue: Themistius on friendship and hypocrisy; 10 Christian parrhesia; Introduction Parrhesia in Judeo-Hellenistic textsParrhesia in the New Testament; Parrhesia in patristic and monastic texts; Conclusion; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index Summary The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity. Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorist Notes Print version record Subject Weber, Max, 1864-1920. Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985. Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. SUBJECT Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 fast Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985 fast Weber, Max, 1864-1920 fast Subject Historical sociology. Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy historical sociology. Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy Historical sociology Form Electronic book ISBN 9781135134181 1135134189

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