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42 produkter
Philosophy and Real Politics
Inbunden, 2008
391 kr
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Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political …
Philosophy and Real Politics
Häftad, 2024
159 kr
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A trenchant critique of established ideas in political philosophy and a provocative call for changeMany contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real …
Not Thinking like a Liberal
Häftad, 2025
216 kr
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“An instant classic….an intellectual feast and an existential feat!” —Cornel West “By intertwining autobiography and conceptual critique, Geuss underlines the idea that in order to gain a critical perspective on liberalism, it is necessary to become almost bilingual: able to speak the language of …
A Philosopher Looks at Work
Häftad, 2021
222 kr
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Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we care? These questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary. Geuss explores our concept of work and its origins in …
Politics and the Imagination
Häftad, 2009
583 kr
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In politics, utopians do not have a monopoly on imagination. Even the most conservative defenses of the status quo, Raymond Geuss argues, require imaginative acts of some kind. In this collection of recent essays, including his most overtly political writing yet, Geuss explores the role of …
World without Why
Häftad, 2016
280 kr
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Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world in which we live could, eventually, be made to …
Reification
A New Look at an Old Idea
Av Axel Honneth, Judith Butler m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
601 kr
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In the early 20th century, Marxist theory was enriched and rejuvenated by adopting the concept of reification, introduced by the Hungarian theorist Georg Lukács to identify and denounce the transformation of historical processes into ahistorical entities, human actions into things that seemed part …
History and Illusion in Politics
Häftad, 2001
390 kr
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The distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss examines critically some of the most widely held and important preconceptions about contemporary politics held in advanced Western societies. In a series of analytically focused chapters Dr Geuss discusses the state, authority, violence and …
Idea of a Critical Theory
Habermas and the Frankfurt School
Häftad, 1981
258 kr
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Habermas and earlier members of the Frankfurt School have presented critical theory as a radically new form of knowledge. It is differentiated from the natural sciences as essentially 'reflective': the knowledge it provides guides us towards enlightenment as to our true interests, and emancipation …
Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings
Av Friedrich Nietzsche, Raymond Geuss m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
892 kr
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The Birth of Tragedy is one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period. Nietzsche's discussion of the nature of culture, of the conditions under which it can flourish and of those under which it will decline, his analysis of the sources of discontent with the modern world, his …
Morality, Culture, and History
Essays on German Philosophy
Inbunden, 1999
1260 kr
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Raymond Geuss has been a distinctive contributor to the analysis and evaluation of German philosophy and to recent debates in ethics. In this new collection he treats a variety of topics in ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history with special reference to the work of Hegel, Nietzsche, and …
Morality, Culture, and History
Essays on German Philosophy
Häftad, 1999
553 kr
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Raymond Geuss has been a distinctive contributor to the analysis and evaluation of German philosophy and to recent debates in ethics. In this new collection he treats a variety of topics in ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history with special reference to the work of Hegel, Nietzsche, and …
Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings
Av Friedrich Nietzsche, Raymond Geuss m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
343 kr
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The Birth of Tragedy is one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period. Nietzsche's discussion of the nature of culture, of the conditions under which it can flourish and of those under which it will decline, his analysis of the sources of discontent with the modern world, his …
Political Judgement
Essays for John Dunn
Av Richard Bourke, Raymond Geuss
Inbunden, 2009
1872 kr
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From Plato to Max Weber, the attempt to understand political judgement took the form of a struggle to define the relationship between politics and morals. This book by leading international scholars in the fields of history, philosophy and politics restores the subject to a place at the very centre …
History and Illusion in Politics
Inbunden, 2001
1628 kr
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The distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss examines critically some of the most widely held and important preconceptions about contemporary politics held in advanced Western societies. In a series of analytically focused chapters Dr Geuss discusses the state, authority, violence and …
Who Needs a World View?
Inbunden, 2020
374 kr
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One of the world’s most provocative philosophers attacks the obsession with comprehensive intellectual systems—the perceived need for a world view.We live in a unitary cosmos created and cared for in all its details by a benevolent god. That, for centuries, was the starting point for much …
Changing the Subject
Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno
Häftad, 2020
224 kr
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“A history of philosophy in twelve thinkers…The whole performance combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented…in a spirit of fun…This bracing and approachable book [shows] that there is life in philosophy yet.”—Times Literary …
Not Thinking like a Liberal
Inbunden, 2022
289 kr
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In a compelling meditation on the ideas that shape our lives, one of the world’s most provocative and creative philosophers explains how his eccentric early years influenced his lifelong critique of liberalism.Liberalism is so amorphous and pervasive that for most people in the West it is …
Reality and Its Dreams
Inbunden, 2016
419 kr
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Raymond Geuss is one of the most inventive and distinctive voices in contemporary political philosophy and a trenchant critic of the field’s dominant assumptions. In Reality and Its Dreams, he challenges the “normative turn” in political philosophy—the idea that the right approach to politics is to …
Public Goods, Private Goods
Häftad, 2003
357 kr
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Much political thinking today, particularly that influenced by liberalism, assumes a clear distinction between the public and the private, and holds that the correct understanding of this should weigh heavily in our attitude to human goods. It is, for instance, widely held that the state may …
Outside Ethics
Häftad, 2005
502 kr
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Outside Ethics brings together some of the most important and provocative works by one of the most creative philosophers writing today. Seeking to expand the scope of contemporary moral and political philosophy, Raymond Geuss here presents essays bound by a shared skepticism about a particular way …
World without Why
Inbunden, 2014
477 kr
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Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world in which we live could, eventually, be made to …
Political Judgement
Essays for John Dunn
Av Richard Bourke, Raymond Geuss
Häftad, 2017
667 kr
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From Plato to Max Weber, the attempt to understand political judgement took the form of a struggle to define the relationship between politics and morals. This book by leading international scholars in the fields of history, philosophy and politics restores the subject to a place at the very centre …
Public Goods, Private Goods
E-bok, 2009
500 kr
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Much political thinking today, particularly that influenced by liberalism, assumes a clear distinction between the public and the private, and holds that the correct understanding of this should weigh heavily in our attitude to human goods. It is, for instance, widely held that the state may …
Outside Ethics
E-bok, 2009
685 kr
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Outside Ethics brings together some of the most important and provocative works by one of the most creative philosophers writing today. Seeking to expand the scope of contemporary moral and political philosophy, Raymond Geuss here presents essays bound by a shared skepticism about a particular way …
Politics and the Imagination
E-bok, 2009
484 kr
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In politics, utopians do not have a monopoly on imagination. Even the most conservative defenses of the status quo, Raymond Geuss argues, require imaginative acts of some kind. In this collection of recent essays, including his most overtly political writing yet, Geuss explores the role of …
Philosophy and Real Politics
E-bok, 2008
207 kr
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Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics , Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political …
World without Why
E-bok, 2014
400 kr
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Why the human and natural world is not as intelligible to us as we think it is Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the …
Seeing Double
Inbunden, 2024
694 kr
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The world is never going to make complete sense to us, yet we find that conclusion almost impossible to accept. Can we live, and feel at home, in a world composed at best of incompatible fragments of meaning?This is the theme that runs through this collection of essays by Raymond Geuss. Drawing on …
Seeing Double
Häftad, 2024
232 kr
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The world is never going to make complete sense to us, yet we find that conclusion almost impossible to accept. Can we live, and feel at home, in a world composed at best of incompatible fragments of meaning?This is the theme that runs through this collection of essays by Raymond Geuss. Drawing on …
