The Inhuman Condition

by Keith Tester

Overview

This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134842414
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	443 KB

About the Author

Keith Tester

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Thinking. 2. Finding. 3. Consuming. 4. Looking and Listening. 5. Escaping. 6. Ending. Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

..." an insightful and lucid essay on the fate of human subjects. A serious and grave assessment of the modernity of the late twentieth century."
-John Rundell, University of Melbourne
..." an engaging and parallel text to Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition. He at once reminds us of the importance of Arendt's work in a manner accessible to the lay reader, and revitalizes Arendt's approach by making it his own and by updating it with applications to our end-of-the century social and moral dilemmas ..."
-Rob Shields, Carleton University
..." a remarkable book, for its boldness, its imaginative reasoning, its grip on the condition of our time and its profoundly personal character."
-Peter Wagner, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Fur Sozialforschung
"The Inhuman Condition is a serious book for serious times, serving as a sharp reminder of the dangers of complacency in the face of alienating processes."
-"Canadian Philosophical Reviews

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