Alexandre Kojeve

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Book Title
Alexandre Kojeve
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Topic
Political Ideologies
ISBN
9780312120924
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
0312120923
ISBN-13
9780312120924
eBay Product ID (ePID)
82937

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xii, 274 Pages
Publication Name
Alexandre Kojeve : the Roots of Postmodern Politics
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Subject
Historiography, History & Theory, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Political
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Author
Shadia B. Drury
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
94-018531
Dewey Edition
20
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
320/.01
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Preface - PART 1: KOJ VE'S HEGELIANISM - Introduction - The Age of Mastery - The Age of Slavery - The End of History - The Lure of Heidegger - The Triumph of the Last Man - PART 2: KOJ VE'S INFLUENCE IN FRANCE - Queneau's Heroics - Bataille's Revenge - Foucault's Follie - PART 3: KOJ VE'S INFLUENCE IN AMERICA - Debate with Leo Strauss - Allan Bloom's Last Men - Francis Fukuyama's Unhappy Consciousness - PART 4: TRUTH, POLITICS AND POSTMODERNISM
Synopsis
Alexandre Kojve (1902-1968) was Hegel's most famous interpreter, reading Hegel through the eyes of Marx and Heidegger simultaneously. The result was a wild if not hypnotic mlange of ideas. In this book, Drury reveals the nature of Kojve's Hegelianism and the extraordinary influence it has had on French postmodernists on the left (Raymond Queneau, Georges Bataille, and Michel Foucault) and American postmodernists on the right (Leo Strauss, Allan Bloom, and Francis Fukuyama). According to Drury, Kojve followed Hegel in thinking that reason has triumphed in the course of history, but it is a cold, soulless, instrumental, and uninspired rationalism that has conquered and disenchanted the world. Drury maintains that Kojve's conception of modernity as the fateful triumph of this arid rationality is the cornerstone of postmodern thought. Kojve's picture of the world gives birth to a dark romanticism that manifests itself in a profound nostalgia for what reason has banished - myth, madness, disorder, spontaneity, instinct, passion, and virility. In Drury's view, these ideas romanticize the gratuitous violence and irrationalism that characterize the postmodern world., Alexandre Kojeve is an enigmatic figure whose influence on postmodernism is better known than understood. Reading Hegel through the eyes of Marx and Heidegger simultaneously, Kojeve formulated a wild if not hypnotic melange of ideas. In this book, Drury reveals the nature of Kojeve's Hegelianism and the extraordinary influence it has had both on French and American intellectuals. According to Drury, Kojeve believed that history was a tragedy in which a cold, instrumental and uninspired rationalism has conquered and disenchanted the world. Drury maintains that Kojeve's conception of modernity as the fateful triumph of this arid rationality is the cornerstone of postmodern thought. Kojeve's picture of the world gives birth to a dark romanticism that manifests itself in a profound nostalgia for what reason has banished-- myth, madness, disorder, spontaneity, instinct, passion, and virility. In Drury's view, these ideas romanticize the gratuitous violence and irrationalism that characterize the postmodern world.
LC Classification Number
JC11-607

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