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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783886903321

Autore

Collier Andrew <1944, >

Titolo

In defence of objectivity and other essays : on realism, existentialism and politics / / Andrew Collier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40274-0

0-203-35169-X

1-134-40275-9

1-280-06235-5

0-203-61504-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in critical realism ; ; 9

Disciplina

121/.4

Soggetti

Critical realism

Objectivity

Existentialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The inorganic body and the ambiguity of freedom; Value, rationality and the environment; Unhewn demonstrations; Critical realism and the heritage of the Enlightenment; On slave rebellions in morals; The right rebellion in the wrong cause: Heidegger, technology  and the market; Sartre: intimations of authenticity; Sartre's mistaken approach to Marxism; Berdyaev's socialism; In defence of objectivity; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume develops and defends critical realism whilst engaging critically with existentialist philosophy in a number of ways from existentialist thinkers as diverse as Kierkegaard, R.D. Laing, Heidegger and Sartre.