Keith Breen: 2 books
Under Weber’s Shadow
Modernity, Subjectivity and Politics in Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Under Weber's Shadow presents an extended critical evaluation of the social and political thought of Jürgen Habermas, Hannah Arendt and Alasdair MacIntyre. Although hailing from very different philosophical traditions, these theorists all take as their starting-point Max Weber's seminal diagnosis...
Politics of Practical Reasoning
Integrating Action, Discourse, and Argument
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The capacity for reasonable argument about practical and political matters is important to our daily lives. Yet what does arguing really involve? Often, our very concept of what it is to argue seems systematically distorted. Practical, political arguing is too often stylized as hyper-cognitive, ending...