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.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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London :
UCL Press,
1998.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=140805 |
Sumário:
- 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.