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Exercises in Constructive Imagination
Ermanno Bencivenga
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Description for Exercises in Constructive Imagination
Hardback. Philosophy has often self-consciously presented itself as aiming at the destruction or deconstruction of philosophical tradition or even of theorizing as such. This book contains a series of examples of philosophy, venturing into quantum mechanics and political theory, psychoanalysis and environmental ethics, philosophy of language and sociology. Series: Topoi Library. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Philosophy in this century has often self-consciously presented itself as aiming at the destruction or deconstruction of the philosophical tradition or even of theorizing as such. The basis for such self-description may well be a deep-seated anxiety about death; but whatever its grounds, the procession of distinguished intellectuals who seem mostly concerned with who gets to turn off the light on philosophy on his/her way out is one main reason why philosophy seems to have lost its grip on public opinion and public policy. Which is ironical, because there is often considerable ... Read more
Philosophy in this century has often self-consciously presented itself as aiming at the destruction or deconstruction of the philosophical tradition or even of theorizing as such. The basis for such self-description may well be a deep-seated anxiety about death; but whatever its grounds, the procession of distinguished intellectuals who seem mostly concerned with who gets to turn off the light on philosophy on his/her way out is one main reason why philosophy seems to have lost its grip on public opinion and public policy. Which is ironical, because there is often considerable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Series
Topoi Library
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792367024
SKU
V9780792367024
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