Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture

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Robert B. Pippin

Modernism as a Philosophical Problem

On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture

Robert B. Pippin

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English

Blackwell Publishers
23 August 1999

Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Anthropology

Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self-understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition.

By: Robert B. Pippin
Imprint: Blackwell Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780631214144
ISBN 10: 0631214143
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 August 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert B. Pippin is the Raymond W. and Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books on the modern philosophical tradition and one on literature, Henry James and Modern Moral Life (1999), as well as numerous articles on similar topics.