Latin American Positivism - New Historical and Philosophic Essays

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Greg Gilson and Irving Levinson Klappentext "Latin American Positivism: Theory and Practice"is unique in that the work examines this subject from a multi-disciplinary prospect. The philosophy contributors examine the doctrines of Latin American positivism as they evolved during the nineteenth century while the historians study the interplay between the philosophy and the larger society. Zusammenfassung “Latin American Positivism: Theory and Practice” is unique in that the work examines this subject from a multi-disciplinary prospect. The philosophy contributors examine the doctrines of Latin American positivism as they evolved during the nineteenth century while the historians study the interplay between the philosophy and the larger society. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart 1: IdeologyChapter 1: The Death of Positivism and the Birth of Mexican PhenomenologyChapter 2: Latin American and Logical PositivismChapter 3: The Good and the Useful Together: Columbian Positivism in a Century of ConflictChapter 4: From Positivism to Anti-Positivism: Some Notable Continuities Chapter 5: Why Positivism Failed Latin AmericaPart 2: ImplementationChapter 6: Positively Disastrous Implementing Comte's Ideology in Mexico: 1876-1910Chapter 7: Brazil's Military Positivists: Another Myth in Need of ExplosionChapter 8: The Birth of a New Political Philosophy: Religion and Positivism in Nineteenth Century BrazilChapter 9: A Duke in the Bourgeoisie Court: Positivism and Porfirismo in the Work of Manuel Gutierrez NajeraAbout the ContributorsIndex

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• Authors: Greg (EDT)/ Levinson Gilson
• Assisted by: Greg Gilson (Editor), Gregory D. Gilson (Editor), Gilson Greg (Editor), Irving Levinson (Editor), Irving W. Levinson (Editor), Levinson Irving (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2012
• EAN: 9780739178485
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7848-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism