Modernity as a Process of De-Limitations
This article presents some outlines of a new theory of modernity. As distinct from the theories of modernity of the Enlightenment (Habermas) and their critique in the form of theories of power (Foucault, post-colonial philosophies), modernity is described as a complex process of various “de-limitati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 413-446 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
The Modern
/ World view
/ Boundary removal
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy TA History ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
philosophy of the 17th century
B theory of modernity B RENAISSANCE philosophy B intercultural philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article presents some outlines of a new theory of modernity. As distinct from the theories of modernity of the Enlightenment (Habermas) and their critique in the form of theories of power (Foucault, post-colonial philosophies), modernity is described as a complex process of various “de-limitations”, which is set in motion in Renaissance philosophy. Since in antiquity cosmology as well as the geography of the ecumene were each tied to anthropological, ethical and political conceptions respectively, the de-limitation of the cosmos (Cusanus, Copernicus) and the de-limitation of the ecumene by the European naval powers trigger scientific, political and cultural transformations reaching from the upvaluation of insatiable curiosity to the anthropological idea of experimental self-creation (Montaigne) up to the idea of limitless economic growth (Locke). Since rational, power-related and cultural ideas are amalgamated in the different de-limitations, this theory opens up a new perspective on the ambivalences of modernity. |
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| ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/23642807-00502007 |