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Empire Of Meaning: The Humanization Of The Social Sciences
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Empire Of Meaning: The Humanization Of The Social Sciences
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Francois Dosse
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:458 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 149 |
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Category/Genre | Western philosophy from c 1900 to now |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780816629640
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Classifications | Dewey:300.1 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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Publication Date |
1 December 1998 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
After the brilliance of Derrida, Foucault, Barthes - what? By most accounts, the French intellectual scene, poststructuralism, has split in two. On one side, a few select philosophers as media stars are pressed for their opinions on virtually every subject; on the other side, an atomized community of scholars in the social sciences are bound up in technicalities and muffled by the lack of a common language. This great divide, the author contends, augurs a tremendous change in the structure and conduct of intellectual life. What this shift means - how it has occurred and what parts various thinkers have played in shaping it - is the subject of this book.
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