Five Paradoxes of Modernity

Author: Zhou Xian
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book offers an in-depth theoretical reflection on modernity, focusing on five paradoxes of modernity: the obsession with novelty, the faith in the future, the addiction to theory, the call for mass culture, and the passion for negation. The author argues that the modern tradition has been leading to dead ends, betraying itself and true modernity, as modernity is precisely what this modern tradition rejects. Through these so-called turning points or the gallery of this iconic figure, a paradoxical history of the modern tradition can be traced. The author questions and critiques orthodox historical narratives, attempting to reveal the hidden faces of modernity.