Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze

On Reason

Rationality in a World of Cultural Conflict and Racism

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Produktbeschreibung

An effort to articulate a concept of reason that embraces diversity yet commands agreement across localities, cultures, and traditions and enforces a clear distinction between philosophy, politics and morality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341789
• ISBN-10: 0822341786
• Artikelnr.: 23369829

Autorenporträt

Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: What Is Rationality? xi
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction: Diversity and the Social Questions of Reason 1
1. Varieties of Rational Experience 24
2. Ordinary Historical Reason 90
3. Science, Culture, and Principles of Rationality 130
4. Languages of Time in Postcolonial Memory 181
5. Reason and Unreason in Politics 227
Notes 269
Bibliography 297
Index 319