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Tracks in Chaos

Philosophical Orientation and Political Reflection

AvRaymond Geuss

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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When political action is imperative, we can be tempted to look to philosophy for guiding principles. This project, however, historically has been doomed to fail. Throughout Tracks in Chaos, philosopher Raymond Geuss examines closely the consequences of this failure. In crisp and lucid prose, he ranges over topics that include political realism, reflection in politics, universalism, solidarity, our utopian aspirations, and the role of fear in motivating censorship. Geuss ultimately paints a picture that is both rich and uncompromising, as is his conclusion: that we must learn to accept incompleteness, contingency and pluralism in our search for orientation.This is an incisive and elegant new collection of essays by one of our finest moral and political philosophers.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-10
Mått:158 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Polity Press
ISBN:9781509573431

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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Raymond Geuss is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His books include Seeing Double, Not Thinking Like a Liberal, Changing the Subject, Reality and Its Dreams, Who Needs a World View?, and The Idea of a Critical Theory.

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"Raymond Geuss is profoundly disappointed by what academic philosophy has become. These historically rich, provocative and consistently deep essays stake out a different path, one that aspires to reconnect philosophy to actual human struggle. Tracks in Chaos forwards a critical theory devoid of illusions, animated throughout by a subterranean vein of hope."Espen Hammer, Temple University"Nobody on the contemporary scene better embodies the ethos of critical theory than Raymond Geuss, and this latest volume brings his long-standing debate with traditional philosophy and its quest for foundations to a new pitch of intensity. Indispensable."Jacob McNulty, Yale University

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Preface and Acknowledgements1. These interminable discussions that lead nowhere2. He/she/they and we ourselves4. Republic, democracy, electronics5. Realism, yet again6. Universalism7. Must philosophy know its own history?8. On Alasdair MacIntyre9. Some varieties of utopia10. Don't say that – you're frightening me11. Solidarity12. A conversation on politicsNotesIndex

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