Reviews for Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On Thedissatisfactions of European High Culture

The average rating for Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On Thedissatisfactions of European High Culture based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-16 00:00:00 Sean Ross Pippin's writing style is academic... Not at its worst, but it's quite awful. That's one star lost. Another star lost is because I think he's just quite wrong sometimes. That being said, three stars still for having quite a few insights about Modernism. Also, not starworthy, but, something that made me very glad while reading this book, was a mention of Stanley Rosen in the context of a quote "Postmodernism is the Enlightenment gone mad." I did some looking up of Rosen, and it seems like I'd find his writing considerably more enjoyable (and that he's also very interested in Modernism). Another thing in it that delighted me was its lambasting of common misreadings of Heart of Darkness.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-03-22 00:00:00 Tony B Jones I have always suspected that I am missing something in the assumptions at work in the various orthodoxies of postmodernism, that "there is some enormous over-correction in the history of Western thought since roughly Marx and Nietzsche, in which all sorts of babies are being thrown out with all kinds of bath water." This book is very useful for anyone wanting to untangle this situation and know just what babies are thrown out. (quote from the author in an interview with Omair Hussain for Nonsite.org: )