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Author Adamson, Gregory Dale

Title Philosophy in the Age of Science and Capital
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages)
Series Transversals: New Directions in Philosophy
Transversals: New Directions in Philosophy
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Science and Continuity -- where the nature of logic parts from the logic of nature; 2 Evolution Past and Present -- continuity and transformation; 3 Capitalist Tendencies -- how the nature of reflective thought conditions the direction of human evolution; 4 Metaphysics beyond Marx -- the substance of aesthetics, culture and sensibility; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
Summary Based on an original synthesis of the work of Marx and Bergson, the key theorists of capitalism and creativity, the book presents an astonishing analysis of contemporary science and capital. Exploring in particular genetics, evolutionary theory, commodification and class consciousness, Philosophy in the Age of Science and Capital injects life back into contemporary politics, ethics and aesthetics
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Subject Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophy, Modern.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441129529
1441129529