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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965780003321

Titolo

Ideas under fire : historical studies of philosophy and science in adversity / / edited by Jonathan Lavery, Louis Groarke, and William Sweet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, N.J., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-68393-924-7

1-283-73461-3

1-61147-543-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaveryJonathan Allen <1965->

GroarkeLouis

SweetWilliam

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Philosophy

Philosophy - History

Science - History

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

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Ancient and Medieval; 1 Plato in the Crito; 2 Grief and Homecoming in Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy; 3 A Universe, Created and Eternal; Part II: Renaissance and Modern; 4 Why Giordano Bruno's "Tranquil Universal Philosophy" Finished in a Fire; 5 Galileo under Fire and under Patronage; 6 The French Revolution, Science, and the Arts; 7 "The Preface," Hegel's Legal Philosophy, and the Crises of His Time; Part III: Twentieth Century; 8 The Political Commitment of the Philosopher; 9 Simone Weil and the Traps of Intellectual Engagement

10 The Impact of World War II on Jean-Paul Sartre's Writing11 Philosophy under Apartheid; Part IV: Contemporary; 12 Guerrilla Theory and the Origins of the Second Wave; 13 Was Science under Fire from the Bush Administration in the United States?; 14 The Limits of Philosophy; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The history of Western philosophy and science is marked by numerous moments when a major development has emerged from conditions that



are manifestly adverse to intellectual activity. This book surveys a wide range of such cases, and considers how these achievements were possible and how adversity helped shape the ideas that emerged from these conditions.