Contra La Postmodernidad

Product Description In this polemic against some of the most visible and influential political, sociological, and philosophical writings of recent years, thinkers such as Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Giddens, Agnes Héller, Gianni Vattimo, and Eloy Fern are taken to task for arguments and stances that the author considers ineffective and out of touch. Among the topics discussed are the fallacies of the neoclassical economy, the fetishism of a radical “otherness,” and the rhetoric of difference. A weighty attack on those philosophies obsessed with the supposed suicide of reason, the death of metaphysics, and the triumph over Modernity is also included, as is a debate over the European crisis and social movements such as 15-M and the Arab Spring. About the Author Ernesto Castro is a philosophy student at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He is a critic for the Spanish literary magazine Quimera and has collaborated with a number of other media outlets. He is the author of the collections of essays Bizarro and Red-acciones.