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Cultural revolutions : reason versus culture in philosophy, politics, and jihad /

In this probing examination of the meaning and function of culture in contemporary society, Lawrence Cahoone argues that reason itself is cultural, but no less reasonable for it. While recent political and philosophical movements have recognized that cognition, the self, and politics are embedded in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cahoone, Lawrence E., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the return of the repressed
  • Liberalism and la revanche de la culture
  • Kingdoms of ends
  • Who is culture?
  • Modernity : culture of reason or reason against culture?
  • Postmodernity : too much culture or not enough?
  • Playing reality
  • Why there is no problem of cultural relativism
  • What is the opposite of jihad?
  • Conclusion : culture's reasons.