Philosophy After Postmodernism - Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Paul Crowther is Professor of Art and Philosophy at the International University Bremen and was formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His previous books include Critical Aesthetics and Postmodernism (Clarendon Press, 1993). Klappentext This book formulates a new approach to philosophy which, instead of simply rejecting postmodern thought, tries to assimilate some of its main features. Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization, understood as a process of cumulative advance. Zusammenfassung Formulating a new approach to philosophy, Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization understood as a process of cumulative advance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Civilisation, Postmodernity and Philosophy Part II: Questions of Knowledge Part III: Questions of Ethics Part IV: Critique

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• Authors: Paul Crowther, Paul (Alma Mater Europaea - Institutum S Crowther, Paul (Alma Mater Europaea - Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis) Crowther, Paul (National University of Ireland Crowther, Paul A. Crowther, Crowther Paul, CROWTHER PAUL A
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2003
• EAN: 9780415310369
• ISBN: 978-0-415-31036-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Twentieth; Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism