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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 193 EAN: 9780826477934 ISBN: 0826477933 Label: Continuum International Publishing Group Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 129 Publication Date: February 15, 2005 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Studio: Continuum International Publishing Group Related Items:
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 Rating: - Seeking Reason Beyond ReasonDespite its compact size, Max Horkheimer's Eclipse of Reason is a potent manifesto against the instrumentalization of Reason in the Enlightenment, which led to a culture in which the most barbaric of acts - the Holocaust, with all of its mediatized manipulation under the Nazis - could take place. At points a whirlwind tour through some of the major trends in intellectual history since Plato, The Eclipse of Reason can be as dense as it is potent. It will reward only a close and careful reading. ... Read More Rating: - Reason as FailureHorkheimer's book, Eclipse of Reason deals with the concept of "reason" within the history of Western philosophy. Horkheimer defines true reason as rationality. He details the difference between objective and subjective reason and states that we have moved from objective to subjective. Objective reason deals with universal truths that dictate that an action is either right or wrong. Subjective reason takes into account the situation and social norms. Actions that produce the best situation for the ... Read More 
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