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  | | Perilous Futures On Carl Schmitt's Late Writings by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Hardcover, 246 Pages, Published 2018 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-2654-5, ISBN: 1-5017-2654-4 "Since his death, the writings of Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) have been debated, cited, and adopted by political and legal thinkers on both the left and right with increasing frequency, though not without controversy given Schmitt’s unwavering support for National Socialism before and during World War II. In Perilous Futures, Peter Uwe Hohendahl calls for critical scrutiny of Schmitt’s later writings, the work in which Schmitt wrestles with ..." |
 | | Building a National Literature The Case of Germany, 1830-1870 by Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Renate Baron Franciscono Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 2016 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9622-6, ISBN: 0-8014-9622-5 "Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determine the canonical status of writers and works. He examines important elements in the making of a national literature, including the political ..." |
 | | Reappraisals Shifting Alignments in Postwar Critical Theory by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Paperback, 247 Pages, Published 2016 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9706-3, ISBN: 0-8014-9706-X "Reappraisals is a provocative account of the development of modern critical theory in Germany and the United States. Focusing on the period since World War II, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores key debates on the function of critical theory, illuminating the diverse positions and alliances among the participants. Bringing together six essays, as well as new introductory and concluding chapters, Hohendahl interprets and subjects to critical s ..." |
 | | The Fleeting Promise of Art(1st Edition) Adorno's Aesthetic Theory Revisited by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2013 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-7898-7, ISBN: 0-8014-7898-7 "A discussion of Theodor Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory is bound to look significantly different today than it would have looked when the book was first published in 1970, or when it first appeared in English translation in the 1980s. In The Fleeting Promise of Art, Peter Uwe Hohendahl reexamines Aesthetic Theory along with Adorno’s other writings on aesthetics in light of the unexpected return of the aesthetic to today’s cultural debates. Is ..." |
 | | German Studies in the United States A Historical Handbook by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2003 by Modern Language Association Of America ISBN-13: 978-0-87352-989-1, ISBN: 0-87352-989-8 "In the United States, German studies traces its beginnings to the late nineteenth century, when research universities were founded on the German model. The dominance of German as a foreign language before World War I and the decline in enrollments during that war are salient points in the discipline's social history. Today German studies finds itself at a crossroads, facing unexpected change in the structure of higher education and in t ..." |
 | | The Institution of Criticism(Reprint) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 2016 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-0718-6, ISBN: 1-5017-0718-3 "German radicals of the 1960s announced the death of literature. For them, literature both past and present, as well as conventional discussions of literary issues, had lost its meaning. In The Institution of Criticism, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores the implications of this crisis from a Marxist perspective and attempts to define the tasks and responsibilities of criticism in advanced capitalist societies. Hohendahl takes a close look at ..." |
 | | Critical Theory(1st Edition) Current State and Future Prospects by Jaimey Fisher, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Jamie Fisher Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 978-1-57181-235-3, ISBN: 1-57181-235-0 " The retirement of the distinguished philosopher Jürgen Habermas from his chair at the University of Frankfurt signalled an important caesura in the history of Critical Theory: the transition from the Habermasian project, to different forms of inquiry in the work of the next generation. This change-over happens at a time when it has become clear that Habermas's systematic exploration of communicative rationality has reached the point w ..." |
 | | The Fleeting Promise of Art(1st Edition) Adorno s Aesthetic Theory Revisited (Hardback) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2013 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-5236-9, ISBN: 0-8014-5236-8 "A discussion of Theodor Adorno s Aesthetic Theory is bound to look significantly different today than it would have looked when the book was first published in 1970, or when it first appeared in English translation in the 1980s. In The Fleeting Promise of Art, Peter Uwe Hohendahl reexamines Aesthetic Theory along with Adorno s other writings on aesthetics in light of the unexpected return of the aesthetic to today s cultural debates.Is ..." |
 | | Prismatic Thought(Updated) Theodor W. Adorno (Modern German Culture and Literature) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7305-4, ISBN: 0-8032-7305-3 ""A richly nuanced reading of some of the crucial ambiguities, multiplicities and internal developments in Adorno's work."-Shierry Weber Nicholsen, translator of Adorno's Prisms and Notes to Literature. A leading figure in the Frankfurt School of philosophers from the 1930s through the time of his death in 1969, Adorno was the author of influential philosophical and sociological works on issues ranging from aesthetics, music history, and ..." |
 | | Globalizing Critical Theory(1st Edition) (New Critical Theory) by Max Pensky, James Bohman, Andreas Huyssen, Clay Steinman, Carsten Strathausen, Eduardo Mendieta, Jürgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida, Nancy Fraser, Contributor-Thomas Mccarthy, Professor Nancy Fraser, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Deceased Jacques Derrida, F. Scott Scribner, María Pía Lara, Silvia L. López Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2005 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-3450-6, ISBN: 0-7425-3450-2 "Across a spectrum of academic disciplines, the topic of globalization is at the forefront of contemporary efforts to understand a dynamically changing world society. How might critical social theory respond creatively to the challenge of thinking and theorizing globalization in its full complexity? Globalizing Critical Theory collects essays by scholars at the forefront of Critical Theory as they confront this timely topic. This book of ..." |
 | | Reappraisals Shifting Alignments in Postwar Critical Theory (Africa) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1991 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-2455-7, ISBN: 0-8014-2455-0 "Reappraisals is a provocative account of the development of modern critical theory in Germany and the United States. Focusing on the period since World War II, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores key debates on the function of critical theory, illuminating the diverse positions and alliances among the participants. Bringing together six essays, as well as new introductory and concluding chapters, Hohendahl interprets and subjects to critical s ..." |
 | | The Institution of Criticism(1st Edition) (Hardback) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Hardcover, 287 Pages, Published 1982 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-1325-4, ISBN: 0-8014-1325-7 |
 | | A History of German Literary Criticism, 1730-1980(1st Edition) (Modern German Culture & Literature Series) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Klaus L. Berghahn Paperback, 479 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7232-3, ISBN: 0-8032-7232-4 "First published in Germany in 1985, Geschichte der deutschen Literaturkritik was quickly recognized as the most original and comprehensive study to date of a proud critical tradition including such giants as Lessing, Goethe, and Heine. Now translated into English, it will serve as a model for a new approach to literary history in America and elsewhere, one emphasizing the connections of criticism with other public discourse. The editor ..." |
 | | Critical Theory(1st Edition) Current State and Future Prospects by Peter-Uwe Hohendahl, Jaimey Fisher, Jamie Fisher Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 978-1-57181-236-0, ISBN: 1-57181-236-9 " The retirement of the distinguished philosopher Jürgen Habermas from his chair at the University of Frankfurt signalled an important caesura in the history of Critical Theory: the transition from the Habermasian project, to different forms of inquiry in the work of the next generation. This change-over happens at a time when it has become clear that Habermas's systematic exploration of communicative rationality has reached the point w ..." |
 | | Building a National Literature, the Case of Germany, 1830-1870(1st Edition) by Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Renate Baron Franciscono Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1989 by Cornell Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-1862-4, ISBN: 0-8014-1862-3 "Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determine the canonical status of writers and works. He examines important elements in the making of a national literature, including the political ..." |
 | | A Berlin Republic(1st Edition) Writings on Germany (Modern German Culture and Literature) by Jurgen Habermas, Steven Rendall, Peter Uwe Hohendahl Paperback, 190 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7306-1, ISBN: 0-8032-7306-1 ""A Berlin Republic" (Die Normalitat einer Berliner Republik) brings together writings on the new, united Germany by one of that country's most original and trenchant commentators, Jurgen Habermas. Among other topics, Habermas addresses the consequences of German history, the challenges and perils of the post-Wall era, and Germany's place in contemporary Europe. Here, as in his earlier Past as Future, Habermas emerges as an inspired anal ..." |
 | | The Past as Future(Reprint) (Modern German Culture & Literature Series) by Jurgen Habermas, Max Pensky, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Michael Haller, JãRgen Habermas, Peter Hohendahl Paperback, 187 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7266-8, ISBN: 0-8032-7266-9 "Jurgen Habermas is one of the best-known and most influential philosophers in Europe today. Heir to the Frankfurt school, his reputation rests on more than thirty years of groundbreaking works on society knowledge, history, technology; ethics, and many other subjects. He is also a familiar figure in his native Germany where he has often played a prominent role in public de-bates. In recent years, he has spoken out ever more directly on ..." |
 | | German Studies in the Us by Peter Uwe Hohendahl Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 2004 by Modern Language Association Of America ISBN-13: 978-0-87352-988-4, ISBN: 0-87352-988-X "Today German studies finds itself at a crossroads. It is thus appropriate to examine past achievements and to evaluate the strategies Germanists are now using to develop their field." |
 | | Re-Reading Wagner -Mov #13 (Monatshefte Occasional Volumes) by Reinhold Grimm, Jost Hermand Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Wisconsin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-299-97076-5, ISBN: 0-299-97076-0 |
 | | Perilous Futures On Carl Schmitt's Late Writings by Peter Uwe Hohendahl 222 Pages, Published 2018 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-3066-5, ISBN: 1-5017-3066-5 "In his review in the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, Jürgen Busche comes to a similar conclusion. He does not mean to dismiss Schmitt without further consideration. The title of the review, “Carl Schmitt— the Assistant” (der Gehilfe), clearly a ..." |
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