Aspects of enlightenment : social theory and the ethics of truth
by
 
Osborne, Thomas, 1964-

Title
: 
Aspects of enlightenment : social theory and the ethics of truth

Author
: 
Osborne, Thomas, 1964-

ISBN
: 
9781857288520
 
9781857288537
 
9780847690770
 
9780847690787

Personal Author
: 
Osborne, Thomas, 1964-

Publication Information
: 
London : UCL Press, 1998.

Physical Description
: 
xv, 216 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
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.

Subject Term
: 
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
 
Enlightenment.


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