More Shopping OptionsThis book examines the issue of philosophical skepticism in the light of its relevance for the critique of modernity associated with the Frankfurt School. It situates the problem of skepticism in the context of the history of philosophy and explores its significance for the modern crisis of reason, as manifested in post-Kantian philosophy, which presaged the critical turn toward social theory.
Philip Walsh is Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY Cortland.
PART I: SKEPTICISM AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY * Hegel and Ancient Skepticism * The Origins of Subjectivity: Descartes, Doubt and Certainty * Legitimating Reason: Kant and Skepticism * Self-Completing Skepticism: Hegel and the End of Idealism * PART II: CRITICAL THEORY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SUBJECTIVITY * Social Theory as Redemption: On the Origins of Critical Theory * The Subterfuge of Dialectics: Adorno and Skepticism * Conclusion: Skepticism, Modernity and Critical Theory
