{"product_id":"autonomy-after-auschwitz-martin-shuster-9780226155487","title":"Autonomy After Auschwitz: Adorno, German Idealism, and Modernity","description":"Ever since Kant and Hegel, the notion of autonomy--the idea that we are beholden to no law except one we impose upon ourselves--has been considered the truest philosophical expression of human freedom. But could our commitment to autonomy, as Theodor Adorno asked, be related to the extreme evils that we have witnessed in modernity? In \u003ci\u003eAutonomy after Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Shuster explores this difficult question with astonishing theoretical acumen, examining the precise ways autonomy can lead us down a path of evil and how it might be prevented from doing so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shuster uncovers dangers in the notion of autonomy as it was originally conceived by Kant. Putting Adorno into dialogue with a range of European philosophers, notably Kant, Hegel, Horkheimer, and Habermas--as well as with a variety of contemporary Anglo-American thinkers such as Richard Rorty, Stanley Cavell, John McDowell, and Robert Pippin--he illuminates Adorno's important revisions to this fraught concept and how his different understanding of autonomous agency, fully articulated, might open up new and positive social and political possibilities. Altogether, \u003ci\u003eAutonomy after Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on modern evil and human agency, one that demonstrates the tremendous ethical stakes at the heart of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Shuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022615548X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226155487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 1161","brand":"Martin Shuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086394667263,"sku":"9780226155487","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebc85a28-bbf8-4d59-9868-f42b0073acc3.jpg?v=1769094430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/autonomy-after-auschwitz-martin-shuster-9780226155487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}