Thomas Osbourne

Aspects Of Enlightenment (eBook, PDF)

Social Theory And The Ethics Of Truth

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Produktbeschreibung

Makes a strong argument for the ethical status of enlightenment, going on to analyze particular "regimes of enlightenment" in modernity, namely those associated with the social ethics of science, expertise, intellect and art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 323
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135359126
• Artikelnr.: 42711095

Autorenporträt

Thomas Osborne is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Bristol. His work in the fields of critical theory, epistemology and the history and sociology of medicine has appeared in Economy and Society, The Journal of Historical Sociology, Social Studies of Science, Social Science and Medicine, and History of the Human Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Of enlightenmentality 1 Reason, truth and criticism 2 Aspects
of scientific enlightenment 3 Aspects of therapeutic enlightenment 4
Aspects of aesthetic enlightenment 5 Questioning enlightenment: ethics of
truth in Foucault and Weber 6 Agents of enlightenment: in praise of
intellectuals Conclusion Social theory, sociology and the ethics of
criticism