title: A Theory of Modernity
author:  Agnes Heller 
description: "Heller is an outstanding, independent thinker. Her theory ofmodernity is distinctive and brings fresh philosophic insight tomany topics that are currently being debated."<br />--<i>Richard J. Bernstein, The New School for SocialResearch</i><br />
zlib_text: MODERNITY AS 
  EXCEPTION AND MIRACLE
  
  SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
  —————
  Rodolphe Gasché, editor
  
  MODERNITY AS 
  EXCEPTION AND MIRACLE
  Eduardo Sabrovsky
  Translated by
  Javier Burdman
  With an Introduction by
  Peter Fenves
  
  English translation of De Lo Extraordinario: Nominalismo Y Modernidad, 2nd rev. ed. 
  (Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales, 2013).
  Translation and indexing (provided by Tristan Bradshaw) were supported through 
  funds the Mellon-Foundation program, Critical Theory in the Global South at  
  Northwestern University.
  Cover photo: Thomas Ledl, The Austrian Postal Savings Bank building (cropped). 
  Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
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