Politics of Time (Modernity and Avant-garde)

Author: (English) Osborne, translated by Wang Zhihong
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Publishing Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Modernity is the overall characteristic of the historical process of modernization in human society, and it is the focal point of contradictions and conflicts in politics, economy, society, and culture during the modernization process. "A stone from a distant hill can be used to polish jade." To help readers broaden their perspectives and better observe and reflect on the issue of modernity in China, the Commercial Press has specially selected and compiled representative works from the vast body of Western research on modernity since the 1980s into the "Translation Series of Modernity Studies." This book is regarded as an important work in the current debates on modernity and postmodernity concerning the philosophy of time. The author reverses the traditional Aristotelian approach of understanding time through change, instead understanding change through time. Concepts such as "modernity," "postmodernity," and "tradition" are understood as categories of historical totality and unique forms of historical temporalization. Furthermore, the author raises the essential question of the nature of historical time itself.