Irony and the Discourse of ModernityBehler discusses the current state of thought on modernity and postmodernity, detailing the intellectual problems to be faced and examining the positions of such central figures in the debate as Lyotard, Habermas, Rorty, and Derrida. He finds that beyond the limits of communication, further discussion must be carried out through irony. The historical rise of the concept of modernity is examined through discussions of the querelle des anciens et des