The philosophy scare : the politics of reason in the early Cold War /

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From the rise of formalist novels that championed the heroism of the individual to the proliferation of abstract art as a counter to socialist realism, the years of the Cold War had a profound impact on American intellectual life. As John McCumber shows in this fascinating account, philosophy, too,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCumber, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Temas:
University of California, Los Angeles. > Department of Philosophy > History > 20th century.
University of California, Los Angeles. > Department of Philosophy
1900-1999
Philosophy > Study and teaching > Political aspects > California > History > 20th century.
Academic freedom > California > History > 20th century.
Philosophy > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Rational choice theory > Political aspects > United States.
Naturalism > Political aspects > United States.
Philosophie > Étude et enseignement > Aspect politique > Californie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Liberté de l'enseignement > Californie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Philosophie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide.
Théorie des choix rationnels > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Naturalisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Academic freedom
Intellectual life > Political aspects
Philosophy > Political aspects
Rational choice theory > Political aspects
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle > Aspect politique.
California
United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The cudgels of freedom: Cold War philosophy's theory of objects
  • Academic stealth in the early Cold War
  • Reductionism as the favored form of naturalism
  • The carrots of reason: Cold War philosophy's theory of subjects
  • The politics of rational choice
  • Rational choice philosophy as "scientific philosophy"
  • Purifying the academy
  • Organizing academic repression: the California plan
  • Rationalizing academic repression: the Allen formula
  • Epilogue: the two fates of Cold War philosophy.

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