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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780691210513
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691210519
ISBN-13
9780691210513
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050087022
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Irrationality : a History of the Dark Side of Reason
Publication Year
2020
Subject
History & Surveys / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Modern, Political, Good & Evil
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2020-936116
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
128.33
Synopsis
From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us--and always will be In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history. Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar opposite. Illuminating unreason at a moment when the world appears to have gone mad again, Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating., From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us -- and always will be. In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history. Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar opposite. Illuminating unreason at a moment when the world appears to have gone mad again, Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating. 'Stippled with fascinating meditations and vignettes.' -- Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Review of Books 'Irrationality is unique among recent paeans to Enlightenment and liberalism in marrying a resolute defence of reason with a recognition of how futile such defences tend to be.' -- William Davies, London Review of Books 'No philosopher alive today writes with as much wit, voice, and erudition as Justin Smith. Irrationality is a masterpiece: an urgent warning that no grand design of perfect rationality can provide the solution to the depravity of this political moment.' -- Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy 'A learned, ludic, and often profound meditation on how the perverse dialectic of reason and unreason has played out over history.' -- Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist?
LC Classification Number
MLCS 2022/45760 (B)
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