Political philosopher Richard Rorty s influence on contemporary thought has increased in tandem with the controversy his outspoken views have provoked. His rejection of the grand, metaphysical questions of traditional philosophy has made him the most prominent living thinker in social and political theory. By declaring himself a pragmatist Rorty has attempted to shift the direction of modern philosophy toward the question of how to achieve a better, more humane, and more tolerant society. Redescription a process through which we invent novel, attractive depictions of our current social...
Political philosopher Richard Rorty s influence on contemporary thought has increased in tandem with the controversy his outspoken views have provoked...
Political philosopher Richard Rorty s influence on contemporary thought has increased in tandem with the controversy his outspoken views have provoked. His rejection of the grand, metaphysical questions of traditional philosophy has made him the most prominent living thinker in social and political theory. By declaring himself a pragmatist Rorty has attempted to shift the direction of modern philosophy toward the question of how to achieve a better, more humane, and more tolerant society. Redescription a process through which we invent novel, attractive depictions of our current social...
Political philosopher Richard Rorty s influence on contemporary thought has increased in tandem with the controversy his outspoken views have provoked...
As recent controversies over satirical religious cartoons in Denmark and the wearing of traditional dress in France attest, multiculturalism is an increasingly contentious issue for contemporary democracies. The question of how to achieve a balance between a tolerant and open society and a just nation with a strong identity has become one of the most heated debates in the academic community and a matter of immediate political urgency for many countries."Multiculturalism and the Law" brings together some of the sharpest and most influential scholars of our time, including Jurgen Habermas and...
As recent controversies over satirical religious cartoons in Denmark and the wearing of traditional dress in France attest, multiculturalism is an inc...
"Groups in Conflict" addresses the conflict and tensions that exist between impartiality and partiality in political philosophy, ordinary thought, and practice by setting theoretical arguments in the context of contemporary issues such as immigration and public policy. Donald Franklin asserts that two camps of ethicists those concerned with political philosophy and those concerned with personal morality have been ignoring the implications of inconsistency in their mutual approaches. Far more than just exposing these irreconcilable differences, Franklin also proposes the modifications...
"Groups in Conflict" addresses the conflict and tensions that exist between impartiality and partiality in political philosophy, ordinary thought, and...
"Medicine in Wales, c.1800 2000" is the first book to deal with the history of medicine in Wales in an interdisciplinary context. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, from documentary records to film, oral testimony, and participatory social research, the essays collected here examine how the relationships between the public and the private provision of healthcare have changed since the Industrial Revolution. Individual case studies explore themes that range from the water supply to suicide, from mutual aid to industrial rehabilitation and the medical inspection of school children, and from...
"Medicine in Wales, c.1800 2000" is the first book to deal with the history of medicine in Wales in an interdisciplinary context. Drawing on a wide va...
This volume features thirteen all-new, cutting-edge essays that explore the relationship between politics and metaphysics in Kant and Kantian political philosophy. The contributors engage closely with contemporary theories that derive from Kant and ultimately revisit the question of the very role of metaphysics and moral and political philosophy.
This volume features thirteen all-new, cutting-edge essays that explore the relationship between politics and metaphysics in Kant and Kantian polit...
In current political debates, the term cosmopolitanism is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold up to closer scrutiny. "Imperfect Cosmopolis "aims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspective distinguishing, for example, between types of cosmopolitanism and the development of the concept through the centuries."
In current political debates, the term cosmopolitanism is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold u...
The concept of the sublime was crucial to the thought of Immanuel Kant, who defined it as the experience of what is great in power, size, or number. From ancient times to the present, the aesthetic experience of the sublime has been associated with morality, but if we want to be able to exclude evil, fascistic, or terroristic uses of the sublime the inescapable awe generated by the Nuremberg rallies, for example we require a systematic justification of the claim that there are internal moral constraints on the sublime. In "Kant on Sublimity and Morality," Joshua Rayman argues that Kant...
The concept of the sublime was crucial to the thought of Immanuel Kant, who defined it as the experience of what is great in power, size, or number...
