UID:
almahu_9949385167402882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781003207566
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1003207561
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9781000440386
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1000440389
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9781000440416
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1000440419
Content:
"This book studies the role of serious philosophizing in everyday life and looks at how authoritarianism negates philosophical and public reason. It sheds light on how philosophy can go beyond its life as a discipline limited to an esoteric group of academia to manifest itself via radical discursive practices in public life which enable us to understand and resolve contemporary socio-political challenges. It studies philosophy as a discipline which deals with one's orientations based on experience, the logic of reasoning, critical thinking, and most of all radical and progressive beliefs. The book argues that the contemporary rise of capitalism in modern society, resonating Émile Durkheim's cautions on 'anomie', has favoured individualism, differentiation, marginalization, and exploitation, balanced on an eroding collective consciousness and a steady disintegration of humanity and reason. Taking this into consideration, it discusses how philosophy, both mainstream and marginal, can revive democracy in society which then is able to confront global authoritarianism led by the figure of the imbecile. Finally, it also provides a range of new perspectives on the questions of civic freedom, hegemony of language, social justice, identity, invisible paradigms, gender justice, democracy, multiculturalism, and decolonization. This volume is an invigorating compilation of essays from diverse disciplines, engaging the need to create a humanistic public philosophy to transcend the state of imbecility. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and researchers of philosophy, contemporary politics, history, and sociology, as well as general readers"--
Note:
Introduction : Why public philosophy? Why now? / Jyoti Bawane and Muzaffar Ali -- Imbecility and its discontents / Murzban Jal -- Public philosophy as critique / Siby K. George -- What could be called the philosophical "other"? / Karilemla -- Redistribution, recognition, and participation -- Nancy Fraser's theory of justice in Indian social context : an exploration / Alok Tandon -- Contestations that refuse to die : the battle for language as a primary marker of identity / Harjinder Singh "Laltu" -- Schooling : the invisible paradigm / Jyoti Bawane -- De-colonizing solidarity and reciprocity / Amrita Banerjee -- Understanding the "other" : a case of Kolkata Marwaris / Meha Thakore -- Public-private boundary : conceptual debates on privacy / Tahira Khatoon.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Imbecile's guide to public philosophy Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367724641
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003207566
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