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Philosophy after Postmodernism: Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge
By Paul Crowther
255 pages
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Synopsis
This book formulates a new approach to philosophy which, instead of simply rejecting postmodern thought, tries to assimilate some of its main features. Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization, understood as a process of cumulative advance.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction - Postmodernity, Perspectivalism and Supermodernism 1
- Part I - Civilization, Postmodernity and Philosophy 5
- 1 - The Intrinsic Value and Scope of Civilization 7
- 2 - From Civilization to Postmodernity 30
- Part II - Questions of Knowledge 47
- 3 - Refoundational Knowledge 49
- 4 - Imagination and Objective Knowledge 66
- 5 - The Cohesion of the Self 78
- 6 - The Limits of Objective Knowledge 101
- Part III - Questions of Ethics 123
- 7 - Narrative and Self-Consciousness 125
- 8 - Attacks Upon Civilization 135
- Part IV - Critique 147
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction - Postmodernity, Perspectivalism and Supermodernism 1
- Part I - Civilization, Postmodernity and Philosophy 5
- 1 - The Intrinsic Value and Scope of Civilization 7
- 2 - From Civilization to Postmodernity 30
- Part II - Questions of Knowledge 47
- 3 - Refoundational Knowledge 49
- 4 - Imagination and Objective Knowledge 66
- 5 - The Cohesion of the Self 78
- 6 - The Limits of Objective Knowledge 101
- Part III - Questions of Ethics 123
- 7 - Narrative and Self-Consciousness 125
- 8 - Attacks Upon Civilization 135
- Part IV - Critique 147
- 9 - Against Epistemological Nihilism 149
- 10 - From Rock Music to Deep Signification 162
- 11 - Sociological Imperialism and the Field of Cultural Production 173
- 12 - Knowledge and the Attack Upon Higher Education 185
- Part V - Conclusion 207
- Conditions of Critical Autonomy 209
- Appendix 217
- Notes 222
- Index 231