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Certainty as a Social Metaphor - The Social and Historical Production of Certainty in China and the West (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,836
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Certainty as a Social Metaphor - The Social and Historical Production of Certainty in China and the West (Hardcover): Min Lin

Certainty as a Social Metaphor - The Social and Historical Production of Certainty in China and the West (Hardcover)

Min Lin

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This volume combines philosophy, the social theory of knowledge, and historical analysis to present a comprehensive study of the idea of certainty as defined in the Western and Chinese intellectual traditions. Philosophical ideas such as certainty are the products of deeply layered socio-historical constructions. The author shows how the highly abstract idea of certainty in philosophical discourse is connected to the concrete social process from which the meaning of certainty is derived. Three different versions of certainty--in modern Western thought, in German Idealism, and in traditional Chinese philosophy--are examined in the context of a historical-comparative study of Western and Chinese social processes.

Three versions of the idea of certainty are represented by the three distinct philosophical discourse and societies explored in this book. However, the pursuit of certainty transcends culture as a fundamental aspect of philosophical thought. This in-depth study shows how the social genesis and function in philosophy of the specific meaning of certainty has been delineated through a process of complex idealogical negotiation by dominant social groups--the bourgeoisie in modern Western Europe, the nobility and state bureaucrats in 18th- and 19th-century Germany, and the landed gentry in traditional China. The author concludes by suggesting new avenues for study inspired by his research.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2000
First published: November 2000
Authors: Min Lin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31417-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-313-31417-9
Barcode: 9780313314179

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