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AlkibiadesacentralcharacterinPlatosSymposiumclaimsthatphilosophytoucheshimtothequick.WhenSocratesspeakshesoftenmovedtotearsandrealizeshemustchangehislife.InAlkibiadesLoveJanZwickydemon-stratesthatthisimageofphilosophyisnotanachronisticbutremainsthelivingheartofthediscipline.PhilosophycanindeedmattertoourlivesbutforittodosowemustreconceivethemethodsthatsincetheEnlighten-menthavedominateditsself-imageintheWest.Zwickyarguesthatanalyticandpoststructuralistphilosophyarenotsim-plyfashionsinacademicdiscoursebutaremanifestationsofthetechnocracywhichtheysustainandpromote.Thealternativeshedevelopsbyshowingitinactionislyricphilosophyanintegratedmodeofunderstandingwhosefoundationslieinthewaywecomprehendmusicandmetaphor.WritteninlucidandpowerfulproseAlkibiadesLovewillinterestabroadreadershipfromstudentsofancientGreekphilosophytoecologistsseekingacoherentfoundationfortheirwork.ZwickyoffersdeepandoriginalreadingsofFreudPlatoandSimoneWeilandresuscitatesMaxWertheimersworklinkingittoourcomprehensionofmathematicsmetaphorandecologicalstructures.Zwickyhasbeenhailedasoneofthemostimportantandoriginalthinkersofourtime.AlkibiadesLoveilluminatesandextendsherground-breakingworkwhileprovidinganaccessibleintroductionforthosecomingtoherthoughtforthersttime.JanZwickyisaninternationallyrecognizedpoetandindependentscholar.ShehasheldappointmentsatnumerousuniversitiesincludingPrincetontheUniversityofAlbertaandtheUniversityofVictoria.InhisnativeItalyAugustoDelNoceisregardedasoneofthepreeminentpoliticalthinkersandphilosophersoftheperiodaftertheSecondWorldWar.TheCrisisofModernitymakesavailableforthersttimeinEnglishaselec-tionofDelNocesessaysandlecturesontheculturalhistoryofthetwentiethcentury.DelNocemaintainedthattwentieth-centuryhistorymustbeunderstoodspecicallyasaphilosophicalhistorybecauseWesternculturewaspro-foundlyaffectedbythemajorphilosophiesofthepreviouscenturysuchasidealismMarxismandpositivism.Suchphilosophiesbecamethesecularneo-gnosticsurrogateofChristianityfortheEuropeaneducatedclassesaftertheFrenchRevolutionandthenextcenturyputthemtothepracticaltestbringingtolighttheirultimateandnecessaryconsequences.OneoftherstthinkerstorecognizethefailureofMarxismDelNocepositedthatthisfailuresetthestageforanewseculartechnocraticsocietythathadtakenupMarxshistoricalmaterialismandatheismwhilerejectinghisrevolutionarydoctrine.DisplayingDelNocesrareabilitytoreconstructintellectualgenealogiesandtoexposethedeepmetaphysicalpremisesofsocialandpoliticalmove-mentsTheCrisisofModernitypresentsanoriginalreadingofsecularizationscientismthesexualrevolutionandthehistoryofmodernWesternculture.AugustoDelNoce19101989wasaprofessoratLaSapienzaUniversityofRomeandadistinguishedphilosopherpoliticalthinkerandpublicintellec-tual.CarloLancellottiisprofessorofmathematicsatcunyCollegeofStatenIsland.30MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSNovember2014978-0-7735-4464-234.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4463-5110.00SCDN110.00SUS72.00cloth7x10360ppe-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONS978-0-7735-4443-734.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4442-0100.00SCDN100.00SUS65.00cloth6x9368ppe-bookavailableAlkibiadesLoveEssaysinPhilosophyjanzwickyAhighlyoriginalseriesofessaysonthenatureandpracticeofphilosophy.PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHYTheCrisisofModernityaugustodelnoceEditedandtranslatedbyCarloLancellottiAselectionofessaysonmodernityandseculariza-tionbyoneofthemostdistinguishedItalianthinkersofthemid-twentiethcentury.