Nihilistic Times Thinking with Max Weber
"Wendy Brown diagnoses a crisis of nihilism in the United States, as market ideals displace values of truth and integrity and identity politics encourage a destructive epidemic of victimhood. Taking strength from Max Weber's WWI-era calls for moral courage, Brown aims to renew commitments...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2023 ©2023
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| Series: | The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Wendy Brown diagnoses a crisis of nihilism in the United States, as market ideals displace values of truth and integrity and identity politics encourage a destructive epidemic of victimhood. Taking strength from Max Weber's WWI-era calls for moral courage, Brown aims to renew commitments to basic values of citizenship and public life" |
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| Physical Description: | 132 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-29327-4 978-0-674-29328-1 |