Poetics of Modernity Toward a Hermeneutic Imagination

Through a series of in-depth studies of thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, and others, Kearney explores the ways in which Continental philosophy has endeavored to respond to the crisis of values (ethics) and the crisis of imagination (poetics). Among the topics discussed are the fragmentation of inherited concepts of truth, ideology vs. utopia, myth versus critique, tradition versus reason, and modernity vs. postmodernity. Kearney also considers these themes in connection with postmodern texts in literature, painting, and politics.Kearney, Richard is the author of 'Poetics of Modernity Toward a Hermeneutic Imagination' with ISBN 9781573926102 and ISBN 1573926108.