Critique of Freedom

The Central Problem of Modernity

Otfried Höffe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2020
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-46590-6 (ISBN)

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In this ambitious book, philosopher Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated account of the principle of freedom and its role in the project of modernity. Höffe addresses a set of complex questions concerning the possibility of political justice and equity in the modern world, the destruction of nature, the dissolving of social cohesion, and the deregulation of uncontrollable markets. Through these considerations, he shows how the idea of freedom is central to modernity, and he assesses freedom’s influence in a number of cultural dimensions, including the natural, economic and social, artistic and scientific, political, ethical, and personal-metaphysical.

Neither rejecting nor defending freedom and modernity, he instead explores both from a Kantian point of view, looking closely at the facets of freedom’s role and the fundamental position it has taken at the heart of modern life. Expanding beyond traditional philosophy, Critique of Freedom develops the building blocks of a critical theory of technology, environmental protection, economics, politics, medicine, and education. With a sophisticated yet straightforward style, Höffe draws on a range of disciplines in order to clearly distinguish and appreciate the many meanings of freedom and the indispensable role they play in liberal society.

Otfried Höffe is a German philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, where he directs the political philosophy research program. He has written numerous books, including Political Justice: Foundations for a Critical Philosophy of Law and the State. He is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Nils F. Schott is a lecturer in the Euro-American Program at Collège universitaire de SciencesPo, Reims. He has published numerous philosophical essays, and his translations include works by Henri Atlan, Henning Schmidgen, François Delaporte, and Emmanuel Alloa.

Preface
1. Putting Freedom and Modernity to the Test

Part I: Freedom from Natural Constraints

2. External Cultivation: Technology

3. Medicine

4. Inner Cultivation: Education to Freedom

Part II: Freedom in Economy and Society

5. Enlightened Liberalism

6. Free Market: Vision or Illusion?

7. Justice in the Name of Freedom

8. Free Society

Part III: Science and Art

9. Knowledge and Freedom

10. Freedom and Creativity: Art

Part IV: Political Freedom

11. Constitutional Democracy

12. Liberties

13. Minimal Citizen, State Citizen, World Citizen

14. Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization

15. A Liberal Global Order

Part V: Personal Freedom

16. A New Conflict of the Faculties

17. Personal Autonomy

18. On the Price of Freedom

19. Retrospection: Freedom and Modernity
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.02.2021
Übersetzer	Nils F. Schott
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-226-46590-X / 022646590X
ISBN-13	978-0-226-46590-6 / 9780226465906
Zustand	Neuware