11. Critique of Modernity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 11
4. 1. Introduction 15
5. Part 1. Standard Images of Science
6. 2. The Birth of the Modern Natural Sciences 39
7. 3. Logical Empiricism and Critical Rationalism 71
8. 4. Historicizing the Philosophy of Science 101
9. Part 2. The Rise of the Humanities
10. 5. The Birth of the Modern Humanities 133
11. 6. Developing New Disciplines 159
12. 7. Between Hermeneutics and the Natural Sciences: In Search of a Method 179
13. Part 3. Styles and Currents in the Humanities
14. 8. Critical Theory 209
15. 9. Positivism and Structuralism 237
16. 10. The Practice Turn 269
17. Part 4. Modernity and Identity
18. 11. Critique of Modernity 289
19. 12. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality 313
20. 13. Postcolonialism 331
21. Further Reading 351
22. Glossary 359
23. Index of Names 383
24. Index of Subjects 387