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portada Makers of the Modern Mind: A Guide to the Thinkers Who Formed the Modern Left
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Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
462
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
ISBN13
9781952295829

Makers of the Modern Mind: A Guide to the Thinkers Who Formed the Modern Left

Cooper, Jordan B. (Author) · Just and Sinner Publications · Paperback

Makers of the Modern Mind: A Guide to the Thinkers Who Formed the Modern Left - Cooper, Jordan B.

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Synopsis "Makers of the Modern Mind: A Guide to the Thinkers Who Formed the Modern Left"

Modern Western thought has been shaped by a lineage of ideas extending from the Enlightenment to contemporary critical theory. In Makers of the Modern Mind, Jordan B. Cooper traces this intellectual genealogy through an accessible yet thorough overview of the figures whose work has defined the philosophical and cultural foundations of the modern Left.Beginning with the central questions of modernity in Descartes, Hume, and Kant, moving through the birth of Liberalism in Hobbes and Locke, and tracing the rise of historicism in Hegel and its transformation into socialism by Marx and Engels, Cooper unfolds the intellectual story that culminates in twentieth-century and contemporary thinkers such as Foucault, Derrida, Butler, and Crenshaw. Each chapter distills complex arguments into accessible terms, showing how the modern Left's understanding of reason, morality, human nature, and power developed over time.Written from a conservative perspective but without strong polemic, Makers of the Modern Mind invites readers to understand before they critique, to see how ideas evolve, interconnect, and shape the culture we inhabit today. It is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual roots of the twenty-first-century Western academy.

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