The concern with the self, with our subjectivity, is the main point of reference in modern Western societies. This work explores how notions of subjectivity have developed over the 20th century, analyzing the work of modern and postmodern theorists such as Freud, Foucault, and Haraway.
"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. Identifying this conception as a key point of conflict, this book presents a debate among contemporary natural law and liberal political theorists on the definition and validity of the idea of public reason.
"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. Identifying this conception as a key point of conflict, this book presents a debate among contemporary natural law and liberal political theorists on the definition and validity of the idea of public reason.
Recasting the Dialogue between Genealogy and Critical Theory
The contributors to this volume extend, expound and explain the key areas of social theory debated between Foucault and Habermas: the meaning of modernity; the function of reason; and the importance of political freedom. They provide detailed discussion and definition of difficult themes in each theorist's work, reframing the issues and defining the context of the debate. They also explore the theoretical and conceptual methods used and discuss the implications for politics and criticism.
Physicist, mathematician, and logician Charles S Peirce (1839-1914) was America's internationally recognised philosopher. This collection presents his writings including: "Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for Man" (1868), and papers from 1877 to 1905 developing the ground of pragmatism and Peirce's theory of scientific inquiry.
`As a companion to Foucault's original texts, carefully showing what he's done and why - and how that could be applied elsewhere - it's outstanding' - www.theory.org.uk `Very much a `hands-on' tool kit of a book, scholarly but accessible.... a very useful textbook which approaches its subject in an original way' - Sociological Research Online ......
This work argues that, whilst institutionalized social theory persists in following a rigid canon and supporting clear divisions, the vital questions in theory are interdisciplinary. The author challenges today's social theorists to develop and practice "undisciplined theories" which constantly question the limits of the canon and expose the porous character of boundaries. The work contains rigorous and original analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, Guattari, McLuhan, Freud and St Augustine, showing the way to credible forms of undisciplined theory. Three urgent tasks are proposed for social theory: to think and feel ambivalence; to track the circulation of anomalies in theoretical texts; and to learn from the fascination with interpretative boundlessness.
The lectures that were the basis for Man and the State were delivered at the University of Chicago at a time when Maritain was still in the first enthusiasm of his participation in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He devotes particular attention to the concept of rights, since, historically, rights theories were fashioned to ......
This work argues that, whilst institutionalized social theory persists in following a rigid canon and supporting clear divisions, the vital questions in theory are interdisciplinary. The author challenges today's social theorists to develop and practice "undisciplined theories" which constantly question the limits of the canon and expose the porous character of boundaries. The work contains rigorous and original analyses of the writings of Baudrillard, Deleuze, Guattari, McLuhan, Freud and St Augustine, showing the way to credible forms of undisciplined theory. Three urgent tasks are proposed for social theory: to think and feel ambivalence; to track the circulation of anomalies in theoretical texts; and to learn from the fascination with interpretative boundlessness.
