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Modern Philosophy - 20th Century, Theory of Relativity, Metaphysics, Modern Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Postmodernism, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge), World History - General & Miscellaneous, Enlighte

Double Dialectics

by Claudia Moscovici
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Overview

Double Dialectics uses a dialectical method of reading to show the resonance between Enlightenment and postmodern speculations about the nature of knowledge and ethics. Further, it offers a possible answer to the question of which Enlightenment values are worth preserving. The book argues that Enlightenment philosophy has something to add to the contemporary thinking that appears to subvert it. Rather than reading this philosophy as an observance of a single dialectical process that eliminates all sources of doubt,Double Dialectics shows that different kinds of Enlightenment discourse chart a nuanced path that mediates between relativism and objectivism, offering creative avenues of thought for contemporary ethical and epistemological problems.

About the Author, Claudia Moscovici

Claudia Moscovici is assistant professor in the Division of Humanities and Rhetoric at Boston University, and author of Gender and Citizenship (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000) and From Sex Objects to Sexual Subjects (Routledge, 1996).

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Claudia Moscovici's new book is a welcome contribution... In clear and refreshingly unassuming prose, Moscovici...

Book Details

Published
January 28, 2002
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2002.
Pages
178
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780742513686

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