Aspects of enlightenment : social theory and the ethics of truth /

This is a timely, distinctive and sparkling introductory account of social theory and the central role of enlightenment within it. Osborne argues that social theory should be based on an idea of enlightenment rather than modernity.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Osborne, Thomas, 1964-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: London : UCL Press, 1998.
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Table des matières:
  • Chapter Introduction Of enlightenmentality
  • chapter 1 Reason, truth and criticism
  • chapter 2 Aspects of scientific enlightenment
  • chapter 3 Aspects of therapeutic enlightenment
  • chapter 4 Aspects of aesthetic enlightenment
  • chapter 5 Questioning enlightenment: ethics of truth in Foucault and Weber
  • chapter 6 Agents of enlightenment: in praise of intellectuals.