1st Edition
The Third City (Routledge Revivals) Philosophy at War with Positivism
By Borna Bebek
Copyright 2014
322 Pages
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Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Third City , first published in 1982, offers an innovative response to the troubled relationship between Western philosophy, as it has been conducted since the Renaissance, and the everyday lives of the communities in which we live. Bebek contends that the model of philosophical reflection is to be found in Plato’s dialogues, which, rather than simply describing utopia through a series of... Read more
Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Aspect and Concept 1. Dialectic 2. Errors of Positivism 3. The Critique of Concepts 4. A New Materialism 5. Plato’s Parmenides; Part II: The Third City 7. Law of the Heart 8. The Ideal World 9. Division of Labour 10. The Vision of the City; Part III: Mythos 11. The Fall 12. Curing the City 13. The City as the Temple 14. Reconciliation; Conclusion; Epilogue I. The Barefoot Philosopher II. Immortality III. Sentiment; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Borna Bebek
