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From Yugoslav Praxis to Global Pathos
William L. Mcbride
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Paperback. The author offers a critical intervention into what is now recognized as a largely post-Marxian, at times liberal and at times conservative, spirit of the day, an intervention marked by writing against the post-Marxist hegemonic mainstream. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 355.
McBride offers a significant critical intervention into what is now recognized as a largely post-Marxian, at times liberal and at times conservative, spirit of the day, an intervention marked by writing against the post-Marxist hegemonic mainstream. Just as the Yugoslav philosophers did in their heyday ( from the Korcula Summer School to the gatherings at Dubrovnik's Inter-University Center), so too does McBride accentuate praxis as well as theoretical reflection on the present age. This marks his work with the pathos of a living philosophy. Like his previous volume, Philosophical Reflections on the Changes in Eastern Europe (Rowman & Littlefield, ... Read more
McBride offers a significant critical intervention into what is now recognized as a largely post-Marxian, at times liberal and at times conservative, spirit of the day, an intervention marked by writing against the post-Marxist hegemonic mainstream. Just as the Yugoslav philosophers did in their heyday ( from the Korcula Summer School to the gatherings at Dubrovnik's Inter-University Center), so too does McBride accentuate praxis as well as theoretical reflection on the present age. This marks his work with the pathos of a living philosophy. Like his previous volume, Philosophical Reflections on the Changes in Eastern Europe (Rowman & Littlefield, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Critical Theory
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742512252
SKU
V9780742512252
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About William L. Mcbride
William L. McBride is Arthur G. Hansen Distingished Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University.
Reviews for From Yugoslav Praxis to Global Pathos
Drawing on the best of Hegel, the Marxian legacy, Sartre, and American Pragmatism as well as on his own rich experience in Western and Eastern Europe, William McBride has written a splendid and challenging volume. He skillfully assesses slogans such as 'post-Marxism,' 'human rights,' 'civil society,' 'the clash of civilizations,' and 'globalization;' excoriates U.S. consumerism, NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, and ... Read more