On September 11, 1980, philosopher Jürgen Habermas received the Theodor Adorno Prize in Frankfurt, Germany. His speech on this occasion, “Modernity: An Unfinished Project”, initiates debates on the nature of modernity and postmodernity, which have played a decisive role in understanding and making sense of these two conditions and the connections between them today.
These debates began notably when Jean-Francois Lyotard countered Habermas in his 1982 article, “Answering the question: What is Postmodernism?”
The course will focus on the comparative discussion of these two texts, which posit the opposing positions of neo-enlightenment and postmodernism. We will also focus on examining alternatives to these texts, such as Frederic Jameson’s “Postmodernism and consumer society”. We will give a special analysis to the classic warp, referring to which the debaters confirm their positions.
Lecturer
Vardan Azatyan
12 lectures
Price: 42.000 AMD
