Small wonder
Subtitle: global power and its discontents
By: by Fred Dallmayr.
Series: New critical theory
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Sociology -- Philosophy.; Critical theory.; Culture -- Philosophy.; Civilization -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Small wonder: finitude and its horizons; title: The underside of modernity: Adorno, Heidegger, and Dussel; title: Empire or cosmopolis: civilization at the crossroads; title: Confronting empire: a tribute to Arundhati Roy; title: Speaking truth to power: in memory of Edward Said; title: Critical intellectuals in a global age: toward a global public sphere; title: Social identity and creative praxis: hommage á Merleau-Ponty; title: Nature and artifact: Gadamer on human health; title: Borders or horizons?: an older debate revisited; title: Empire and faith: sacred non-sovereignty; title: Appendix: A. The dignity of difference: a salute to Jonathan Sacks; title: B. Religion and rationality: Habermas and the early Frankfurt school; title: Nomolatry and fidelity: a response to Charles Taylor.