Marek J. Siemek’s Reflections on the Philosophy of Modernity

• Authors: Dehnel Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to present Marek Siemek’s interpretation of modernity, fo-cusing on problems related to understanding of the modern subject that arose (and still arise) from the reading of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment. Siemek seems to endorse a general drive of Habermas’ theory of inter-subjective communication intended to overcome the dialectics of Enlightenment and to complete the project of modernity. However, his position is that its foundation can be traced back to the philosophies of Fichte and Hegel and their mutually complementary intersubjectivity models. Siemek seeks to reconcile the idea of the philosophy of inter-subjectivity underlying Fichte’s and Hegel’s philosophies with the tenets of the philo-sophy of consciousness.

Keywords

EN

modernity; subject; intersubjectivity; recognition; consciousness

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 181-192

Contributors

author

Dehnel Piotr

• University of Lower Silesia, Wagonowa 9, Wrocław 53-609, Poland