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Philosophy in a time of lost spirit : essays on contemporary theory /

In this collection of his essays and reviews, Ronald Beiner probes the boundaries of our social world and develops his own intellectual challenge to liberalism in a critical review of contemporary thinkers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beiner, Ronald, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE: THE THEORIST AS CRITIC
  • I: Liberalism and Hyper-Liberalism
  • 1 Liberalism in the Cross-Hairs of Theory
  • 2 The Proper Bounds of Self
  • 3 Reconciling Liberty and Equality
  • 4 Cruelty First
  • 5 Liberalism as Neutralism
  • 6 Revising the Self
  • 7 Liberalism, Pluralism, and Religion
  • 8 Richard Rorty's Liberalism
  • 9 Foucault's Hyper-Liberalism
  • II: Interrogating Modernity
  • 10 Do We Need a Philosophical Ethics? Theory, Prudence, and the Primacy of Ethos
  • 11 Rescuing the Rationalist Heritage
  • 12 Accepting Finitude
  • 13 Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: The Uncommenced DialogueAppendix: Response from a Colleague, with a Rejoinder
  • 14 Eros and the Bourgeoisie
  • 15 Left-Wing Conservatism: The Legacy of Christopher Lasch
  • 16 Hermeneutical Generosity and Social Criticism
  • 17 Thin Ice
  • III: Political Judgment Revisited
  • 18 Practical Wisdom
  • 19 Science and Wisdom
  • 20 Rereading Hannah Arendt's Kant Lectures
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V