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Bernhard Waldenfels - Order in the Twilight - 9780821411681 - V9780821411681
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Order in the Twilight

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Description for Order in the Twilight Hardcover. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 458. Weight in Grams: 499.

“Whoever distrusts the barking of watchdogs, however, does not immediately have to begin howling with the wolves.”—Bernhard Waldenfels
In this seminal work, acclaimed philosopher Bernhard Waldenfels deals with the problem of the nature of order after the “shattering of the world,” and the loss of the idea of a universal or fundamental order.
Order in the Twilight unites phenomenological methodology with recent work on the theory of order, normativity, and dialogue, as well as structuralism and Gestalt theory. Philosophically stringent, it expresses a more optimistic attitude than much modern philosophy, especially deconstruction.
Waldenfels passes the question of order through numerous defining aspects, and concludes that there is not one global order, but rather various conflicting domains of order. Whenever the boundary of a vital or experiential domain is crossed, a discourse speaks at the boundary, not about it, and across a threshold without abolishing it. The rest is rationalization, i.e., an attempt to find a place in the respective order for what is to-be-ordered. But why, the author concludes, should a theory be more unambiguous than reality?
Order in the Twilight is an important book at this time, because it may help lift the humanities out of the skeptical, relativistic disarray in which they have been embroiled in recent decades. Waldenfels does not attempt to dictate what reality should be; rather, he is open to any valid evidences. His book offers a solid footing to the human and social sciences as they seek to escape from deconstructive irrationalism.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Series
Series in Continental Thought
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821411681
SKU
V9780821411681
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About Bernhard Waldenfels
Bernhard Waldenfels is professor of philosophy at the Ruhr University, in Bochum, Germany. He has written books about phenomenology, dialog theory, the “life world,” structures of behavior, and order and normativity. David J. Parent is professor of German at Illinois State University. He has translated books on philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and Friedrich Nietzsche. David J. Parent is professor of German at Illinois State University. He has translated books on philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

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