Table of Contents

The Certainty of Knowledge
The Viability of the Polity
The Continuity of Selfhood
The Accessibility of the Past
Interlude
Modernity and Exile
The Transparency of the Future
Epilogue
Historicity, Plurality, Probl[ac]ematiques

About the Author

Peter Wagner is Professor of Social and Political Theory in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence

Reviews

`Modernity has to be understood in terms of problems, not solutions. In reflections ranging from epistemology to political theory, Peter Wagner develops an understanding of modernity in terms of inescapable problems for which only transitory solutions can be found - and opposes this convincing conception to the declarations of a new epoch of postmodernity or reflexive modernity. Balanced and innovative, this book is a must for all readers interested in social theory and the diagnosis of our time′ - Professor Hans Joas, Free University Berlin