0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy

Buy Now

Tyranny of Reason - The Origins and Consequences of the Social Scientific Outlook (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,585
Discovery Miles 25 850
You Save: R1,085 (30%)
Tyranny of Reason - The Origins and Consequences of the Social Scientific Outlook (Hardcover): Yuval Levin

Tyranny of Reason - The Origins and Consequences of the Social Scientific Outlook (Hardcover)

Yuval Levin

 (sign in to rate)
Was R3,670 Loot Price R2,585 Discovery Miles 25 850 | Repayment Terms: R242 pm x 12* You Save R1,085 (30%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

The astonishing success of the natural sciences in the modern era has led many thinkers to assume that similar feats of knowledge and power should be achievable in human affairs. That assumption, and the accompanying notion that the methods of modern science ought to be applied to social and political questions, have been at the heart of a number of prominent philosophical schools in the modern age, and much of the politics of the past century. Is the application of scientific logic to the study of human affairs philosophically defensible? Does it aid or hinder our efforts at a genuine understanding of the human world? Why have so many modern ideologies, including those responsible for some of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century, advanced themselves under the banner of science? Why, in other words, do we assume that modern science holds the key to an understanding of human affairs? Are we right to make this assumption? And what does the assumption mean for contemporary society and politics? Tyranny of Reason, which is designed for the interested lay reader and for undergraduate or beginning graduate students in the social sciences, attempts to answer these important questions in the context of the history of philosophy.

General

Imprint: University Press of America
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2001
First published: 2000
Authors: Yuval Levin
Dimensions: 224 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-1872-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Promotions
LSN: 0-7618-1872-3
Barcode: 9780761818724

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Origin Of Others
Toni Morrison Hardcover  (3)
R541 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950
Critique Of Black Reason
Achille Mbembe Paperback  (1)
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510
The Precipice - Neoliberalism, The…
Noam Chomsky Paperback R275 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500
Entitled - How Male Privilege Hurts…
Kate Manne Paperback R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020
12 Rules For Life - An Antidote To Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson Paperback  (2)
R295 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720
Beyond Order - 12 More Rules For Life
Jordan B. Peterson Paperback R295 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720
Wicked Problems - The Ethics of Action…
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Douglas Irvin-Erickson, … Hardcover R2,662 Discovery Miles 26 620
Sosipatra of Pergamum - Philosopher and…
Heidi Marx Hardcover R2,579 Discovery Miles 25 790
Philosophy for Girls - An Invitation to…
Melissa Shew, Kimberly Garchar Hardcover R2,596 Discovery Miles 25 960
Just Responsibility - A Human Rights…
Brooke A. Ackerly Hardcover R3,483 Discovery Miles 34 830
Beyond Speech - Pornography and Analytic…
Mari Mikkola Hardcover R3,796 Discovery Miles 37 960
The Ethics of Captivity
Lori Gruen Hardcover R4,078 Discovery Miles 40 780

See more

Partners