Raymond Geuss
A World without Why
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691155883
- author:
- Raymond Geuss
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 2.5 x 15.2 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Government & Politics,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A World Without Why by Raymond Geuss explores the idea that our world is not as intelligible to us as we think it is. This collection of essays challenges the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances, the human and natural world can be made to make sense to us. Geuss examines the historical development of this assumption in ethical thought, tracing its roots through ancient Greece and the philosophies of influential thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Adorno. He also discusses a range of topics including authority, democracy, criticism, lying in politics, architecture, theology, tragedy, comedy, and the struggle between realism and our search for meaning. This thought-provoking work raises fundamental questions about the viability of specific ethical concepts and our most basic assumptions about what ethics could and must be.
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