TY - BOOK AU - Marino,Stefano ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Gadamer and the limits of the modern techno-scientific civilization AV - B3248.G34 M363 2011eb U1 - 193 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Bern, New York PB - P. Lang KW - Gadamer, Hans-Georg, KW - Civilization, Modern KW - Philosophy KW - Technology and civilization KW - Technology KW - Science and civilization KW - Science KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Gadamer's long twentieth century -- Science and technology : the real roots of modernity -- The basic features of our societies : conformism, bureaucracy, and self-alienation -- Cosmopolitan hermeneutics in the age of the "clash of civilizations" -- The possibility of global disasters and the fear for the self-destruction of mankind -- On the problematic character of ethic and aesthetic experiences in the age of science -- Religious experience in a nihilistic epoch -- Hermeneutics, techno-science, enlightenment : a complex "constellation" -- The rehabilitation and universalization of practical knowledge and experience -- Reasonableness, dialogue, and freedom: ethical-political consequences of hermeneutics; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10600097 ER -