Questioning Authority - Political Resistance and the Ethic of Natural Science

List of contents

Introduction; I: From Natural Philosophy to Political Philosophy; 1: Francis Bacon: A New Interpretation of Nature; 2: Thomas Hobbes's Scientific Approach to Politics; 3: John Locke and the Origins of Political Resistance; II: Science and Its Critics; 4: The Ethic and Practice of Modern Natural Science; 5: Critical Theory and the Critique of Modernity; 6: Michel Foucault and the Postmodern Reaction; Conclusion

About the author

Diana M. Judd

Summary

The West is currently witnessing the slow destruction of the classical liberal tradition

Product details

• Authors: Judd, Diana M. Judd, Judd Diana M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138513884
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51388-4
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Politics and government, Political science and theory