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Exercises in Constructive Imagination (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
Series: Topoi Library, 3
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Philosophy in this century has often self-consciously presented
itself as aiming at the destruction or deconstruction of the
philosophical tradition or even of theorizing as such. The basis
for such self-description may well be a deep-seated anxiety about
death; but whatever its grounds, the procession of distinguished
intellectuals who seem mostly concerned with who gets to turn off
the light on philosophy on his/her way out is one main reason why
philosophy seems to have lost its grip on public opinion and public
policy. Which is ironical, because there is often considerable
constructive work going on under the pretence of all this
destruction', but the superficial rhetoric has more currency and
impact than the substance of that work. This book brings back the
spirit of bold, imaginative, even outrageous theorizing into
philosophy, and contains a series of examples of it, venturing
playfully into quantum mechanics and political theory,
psychoanalysis and environmental ethics, philosophy of language and
sociology, without any attempt at systematically exhausting' these
disparate fields but rather using them as suggestive excuses and
arenas for the display of intellectual creativity. There are
numerous echoes among the various pieces, and between them and
other works by the same author; but again these resonances are not
systematized. The result is more to be seen as a collection of
snapshots of an intellectual landscape than as a hierarchical
regimentation of it.
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Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Topoi Library, 3 |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
2001 |
Authors: |
Ermanno Bencivenga
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
211 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9401038010 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
9401038015 |
Barcode: |
9789401038010 |
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