{"product_id":"europe-simon-glendinning-9781138580350","title":"Europe: A Philosophical History, Part 2: Beyond Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eEurope is inseparable from its history. That history has been extensively studied in terms of its political history, its economic history, its religious history, its literary and cultural history, and so on. Could there be a distinctively philosophical history of Europe? Not a history of philosophy in Europe, but a history of Europe that focuses on what, in its history and identity, ties it to philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the two volumes of\u003ci\u003e Europe: A Philosophical History\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e - Simon Glendinning takes up this question, telling the story of Europe's history as a philosophical history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of two world wars of European origin, Europe's modern promise of universal peace, freedom and well-being for all humanity lay in ruins. In Part 2, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, Glendinning picks up the story of this promise after the Second World War. Taking in Isaiah Berlin's defence of a pluralist ideal, Francis Fukuyama's vision of a new 'end of history' in liberal democracy, and Jacques Derrida's critique of the very idea of an end of history, Glendinning invites us to affirm a new philosophical-historical self-understanding: not the history of the rational animal on the way to its final end, with Europe at the head, but a history of the unpredictably self-transforming animal without a final end. In this context, Glendinning argues, Europe remains promising, its cosmopolitan heritage opening a future beyond its exhausted modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart 1: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Modernity \u003c\/em\u003eis available now from Routledge. ISBN 9781032015804\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Glendinning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113858035X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138580350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Simon Glendinning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087746412799,"sku":"9781138580350","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61d93b49-87e9-4c64-81e9-40920a11d540.jpg?v=1769101169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/europe-simon-glendinning-9781138580350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}