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7%OFFJosef Früchtl - The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity - 9780804757362 - V9780804757362
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The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity

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Description for The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity Paperback. This book is about the heroic, ambivalent concept of the self within modernity as outlined in philosophy and exemplified in the filmic genres of the Western and crime and science fiction movies. Translator(s): Kirkby, Sarah L. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.

The Impertinent Self provides a philosophical and cultural theory of modernity by constructing a parallel between the philosophical self and the hero figure found in certain cinematic genres. Früchtl argues that modernity is not unified and should be conceived as a phenomenon consisting of three strata: the classical, the agonist, and the hybrid. He demonstrates this by following a dual trajectory: the shift in the concept of the self from German idealism to Romanticism and so-called postmodernism, and the evolution of the hero figure in the Western and in crime and science fiction movies. Früchtl takes a clear position within ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804757362
SKU
V9780804757362
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About Josef Früchtl
Josef Früchtl is Professor in the Philosophy of Art and Culture Research Group at the University of Amsterdam.

Reviews for The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity
"Much negative (and sometimes positive) excitement was triggered by a pseudo-philosophical phrase about "the Death of the Subject" during the final decades of the 20th century. Today, we tend to see similar transformations in the ways that humans think and speak about themselves, in more sober—and sometimes even more sarcastic—terms. If Gianni Vattimo's "weak Subject" functioned for a long time ... Read more

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