Skepticism, Modernity and Critical Theory

Critical Theory in Philosophical Context

AvP. Walsh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

It situates the problem of skepticism in the context of the history of philosophy and explores its significance for the modern crisis of reason manifested in post-Kantian philosophy, which presaged the critical turn toward social theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-04-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Renewing Philosophy
Antal sidor:182
Upplaga:2005
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9781403918147

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PHILIP WALSH is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at the State University of New York, College at Cortland, where he teaches social theory. He has published articles on Hegel and Nietzsche and is the co-editor (with Davis Schmeiderman) of the collection Re-Taking the Universe: William S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization (2004).

Innehållsförteckning

PART I: SKEPTICISM AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY Idealism, Metacritique and Ancient Skepticism On the Origins of Modern Scepticism: Descartes, Doubt and Certainty PART II: SKEPTICISM AND IDEALISM The Question of Legitimacy: Skepticism, Law and Transcendental Idealism Hegel and self-completing skepticism PART III: SKEPTICISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY Skepticism, Nihilism and the Crisis of Rationality Negative Dialectics and the Fate of Critical Theory