Culture and Enlightenment by Paul Crittenden, John Grumley - 9781138728370

Culture and EnlightenmentEssays for Gyrgy Markus\nAuthor(s): Paul Crittenden, John Grumley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138728370, 978-1138728370\nSynopsis\nThis title was first published in 2002: Culture and Enlightenment are the two words that best characterise the essence of Gy?rgy Markus's career, in whose honour this book is published. Markus devoted the last twenty years of research towards a theory of cultural objectivations and their pragmatics, and the great depth of his knowledge of the history of culture and philosophy informs all his teaching and writing. The pursuit of Enlightenment ideals attains reflective self-consciousness in Markus' works; forged in the knowledge of its own historicity, of the embeddedness of rationalities in culture and in an awareness of the paradoxes that cling to the conscious affirmation of ideals which are no longer self evident or beyond questioning. In taking up the.