Fred Dallmayr by Farah Godrej - 9781032096858

Taylor & Francis

Fred DallmayrCritical Phenomenology, Cross-cultural Theory, Cosmopolitanism\nAuthor(s): Farah Godrej\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032096858, 978-1032096858\nSynopsis\nFred Dallmayrs work is innovative in its rethinking of some of the central concepts of modern political philosophy, challenging the hegemony of a modern subjectivity at the heart of Western liberalism, individualism and rationalism, and articulating alternative voices, claims and ideas. His writings productively confound the logocentrism of Western modernity, while providing alternative conceptions of political community that are post-individualist, post-anthropocentric and relational.\n\nThe editor has focused on work in three key areas:\n\nCritical phenomenology and the study of politicsThe first selections focus on the philosophical roots of Dallmayrs work in two of the most innovative intellectual trends of the twentieth century: phenomenol.