Modernity and Postmodernity: Fifteen Lectures

Author: Chen Jiaming
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: After nearly three centuries of constructing modernity, the critical focus has now shifted to modernity itself. Similar questions are being revisited. Where does the foundation of social norms lie? What is the basis for the rationality and legitimacy of modernity? If it is wrong to regard the "subjectivity" as the source of value and meaning for the object, then what kind of relationship should exist between the subject and the object? Finally, and fundamentally, what is humanity? New answers to these questions constitute the shift in intellectual attitude from modernity to postmodernity. The book discusses these issues. The content design of this book fully considers the reading preferences of general young readers in society, making it suitable for self-study; at the same time, it meets the needs of general education courses in universities. It pays attention to the relative stability of knowledge, highlights key points, and is easy to understand, while also appropriately touching on the forefront of the discipline to inspire interdisciplinary thinking and learning interest. It is suitable for general readers in society as a popular reading material to improve cultural literacy; as a general education textbook for universities, instructors can refer to its framework and basic content for supplementary teaching; or they can assign certain chapters to students in advance and organize class discussions; or this book can be used as a reference textbook.