Essays and reviews: 1959-2002

by Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen

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Full title :Essays and reviews : 1959-2002 / Bernard Williams ; foreword by Michael Wood ; Tom Strawson for his editorial assistance.

Summary

"Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection of Williams's popular essays and reviews. Williams writes about a broad range of subjects, from philosophy to science, the humanities, economics, feminism, and pornography. Included are reviews of major books such as John Rawls' Theory of Justice, Richard Rorty's Consequences of Pragmatism, and Martha Nussbaum's Therapy of Desire. But many of these essays extend beyond philosophy, providing an intellectual tour through the past half century, from C. S. Lewis to Noam Chomsky. No matter the subject, readers see a first-class mind grappling with landmark books in 'real time,' before critical consensus had formed and ossified." --Page 4 de la couverture.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014.
Edition:First paperback printing

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014.

Notes

Hannah Paul and Lauren Lepow for working so hard to bring the material together for publication. -- Acknowledgments.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 435 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0691168601, 9780691168609, 9780691159850, 0691159858
oclc:ocn950564833
LC Classification:B1674.W4945
Dewey Decimal:192

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