| Description |
xv, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Of enlightenmentality -- 1. Reason, truth and criticism -- 2. Aspects of scientific enlightenment -- 3. Aspects of therapeutic enlightenment -- 4. Aspects of aesthetic enlightenment -- 5. Questioning enlightenment: ethics of truth in Foucault and Weber -- 6. Agents of enlightenment: in praise of intellectuals -- Conclusion: Social theory, sociology and the ethics of criticism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index |
| Subject |
Enlightenment.
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Ethics.
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Truth.
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| LC no. |
98005514 |
| ISBN |
0847690776 (alk. paper) |
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0847690784 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1857288521 (hb) |
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185728853X (pb) |
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