Mastery of nature: promises and prospects
In the early modern period, thinkers began to suggest that philosophy abjure the ideal of dispassionate contemplation of the natural world in favor of a more practically minded project that aimed to make human beings masters and possessors of nature. Humanity would seize control…
Mastery of nature: promises and prospects
Ranging from ancient Greek thought to contemporary quantum mechanics, Mastery of Nature investigates to what extent nature can be conquered to further human ends and to what extent such mastery is compatible with human flourishing.
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
Part I: Introduction: Ethics and Aesthetics: Transformation in the Course of History Pol Vandevelde ( Marquette University, USA) and Arun Iyer ( Seattle University, USA) Part II: Ethics A. Ancient Ethics B. Practical Philosophy and Value Part III: Aesthetics A. Art B. Language C…
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
"By interrogating the terms and concepts most central to cultural change, Future Theory interrogates how theory can play a central role in dynamic transition. It demonstrates how entangled the highly politicized spheres of cultural production, scientific invention, and intellect…
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
"By interrogating the terms and concepts most central to cultural change, Future Theory interrogates how theory can play a central role in dynamic transition. It demonstrates how entangled the highly politicized spheres of cultural production, scientific invention, and intellect…
La dialectique de la raison: fragments philosophiques
by Adorno, Theodor W., Horkheimer, Max
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