Modernity, Civilization And The Return To History (Vernon Philosophy) - 9781622731855

The modern concept and study of civilization have their roots, not in western Europe, but in the long tradition of scientific and philosophic inquiry that began in a self-conscious Islamicate civilization. They emerged--as Heidegger would say--within a "region of being" proper to systematic science. Western European thought has introduced new elements that have completely altered how collective and personal identities are conceived and experienced.In this age of "globalization," expressions of identity (individual, social and cultural) survive precariously outside their former boundaries, and humanity faces numerous challenges--environmental degradation, policy inertia, interstate bellicosity, cultural rivalries. Yet, the world has been globalized for at least a millennium, a fact partially obscured by the threadbare but widespread belief that modernity is a product of something called the West.One is thus justified in asking, as many people do today, if humanity has not lost its initiative. This is not a historical, a sociological or an empirical question, but fundamentally a philosophical one. The modern concepts of identity and personhood have come under heavy scrutiny because there can be no human initiative without the human agency that flows from them.

• | Author: Anthony F Shaker
• | Publisher: Vernon Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 584 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 1622731859
• | ISBN-13: 9781622731855