Michael Marder on the task ahead.

If there is a "solution" to the problem of modernity, it does not dictate a rejection of abstract thought, which as Adorno and Derrida have taught us, is the pharmakon (remedy and poison) of freedom, nor does it succumb to the anarchist temptation to abolish all formal political structures. The stress Schmitt places on the exception should, likewise, alert us to the fact that it is an exception to the rule, which is not rescinded but, rather, preserved and strengthened thanks to a revalorization of its telos embedded in the political life-world. In lieu of prescribing an easy way to overcome the problem of modernity, Husserlian reduction and Heideggerian de-formalization impose the exigency of a patient, if not Sisyphean, theoretical and practical work of removing layers of sedimentation that are bound to re-grow, given that their accumulation constitutes the movement of history.

Rather than peeling the layers off the historical onion, use a sharp knife to slice through them. There will be less tears in the end.  ¶ 8:09 AM