Drawing freely and expertly from Continental and analytic traditions, Richard Bernstein examines a number of debates and controversies exemplified in the works of Gadamer, Habermas, Rorty, and Arendt. He argues that a «new conversation» is emerging about human rationality—a new understanding that emphasizes its practical character and has important ramifications both for thought and action.
From the Introduction: This inquiry is concerned with the themes of praxis and action in four philosophic movements: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy. It is rare that these four movements are considered in a single inquiry, for there are profound differences of emphasis, focus, terminology, and approach represented by these styles of thought. Many philosophers believe that similarities among these movements are superficial and that a close examination of them will...
Richard Bernsteins «Freud und das Vermächtnis des Moses» ist nicht nur ein fundierter Kommentar zu Freuds Engführung von Religionsgeschichte und Psychohistorie, sondern stellt auch den vorläufig letzten Höhepunkt im Rahmen der (post-)modernen Neubewertung des Freud'schen Œuvres dar.
