Justin Smith-Ruiu

Irrationality (eBook, ePUB)

A History of the Dark Side of Reason

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will be

In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history. Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar opposite. Illuminating unreason at a moment when the world appears to have gone mad again, Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691210827
• Artikelnr.: 60025143

Autorenporträt

Justin E. H. Smith is professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Paris 7-Denis Diderot. His books include The Philosopher: A History in Six Types (Princeton).

Rezensionen

"Irrationality is unique among recent paeans to Enlightenment and liberalism in marrying a resolute defence of reason with a recognition of how futile such defences tend to be. As Smith expertly reveals, wherever one looks in the history of Western philosophy, rationality is haunted and teased by its other."---William Davies, London Review of Books