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Author Collier, Andrew, 1944-2014.

Title In defence of objectivity and other essays : on realism, existentialism and politics / Andrew Collier.

Publication Info. London : Routledge, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages).
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Series Routledge studies in critical realism ; 9
Routledge studies in critical realism ; 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. The inorganic body and the ambiguity of freedom -- 2. Value, rationality and the environment -- 3. Unhewn demonstrations -- 4. Critical realism and the heritage of the Enlightenment -- 5. On slave rebellions in morals -- 6. The right rebellion in the wrong cause : Heidegger, technology and the market -- 7. Sartre : intimations of authenticity -- 8. Sartre's mistaken approach to Marxism -- 9. Berdyaev's socialism -- 10. In defence of objectivity.
Summary This volume develops and defends critical realism whilst engaging critically with existentialist philosophy in a number of ways from existentialist thinkers as diverse as Kierkegaard, R.D. Laing, Heidegger and Sartre.
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Subject Critical realism.
Critical realism.
Objectivity.
Objectivity.
Existentialism.
Existentialism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Collier, Andrew, 1944- In defence of objectivity and other essays. London : Routledge, 2003 (DLC) 2003047085
ISBN 0203615042 (electronic book)
9780203615041 (electronic book)
0415305993 (Cloth)