From Science to Emancipation : Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment

by Bhaskar, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780761997177
• ISBN10: 0761997172
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

This unique collection of studies, based for the most part on transcripts of talks in India, Europe and America over the last five years, covers the period in which Roy Bhaskar was developing out of the seeds of the most radical phase of critical realism, his new philosophy of meta-Reality. Because of the spontaneous and informal nature of these talks and discussions, this book provides probably the most immediately accessible introduction to his thought, both for those new to it and those already familiar with it alike.

Table of Contents

Manifesto

Preface

PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL REALISM

From a Philosophy of Science to a Philosophy of Universal Self-realisation

PART TWO: DEBATES WITHIN AND ABOUT CRITICAL REALISM

Critical Realism and Marxism

Critical Realism and Discourse Theory

Debate with Ernesto Laclau

Critical Realism and Ethnomethodolgy

Debate with Rom Harre

Critical Realism and Ethics

Introducing Transcendental Dialectical Critical Realism

Interlude

Critical Realism, Transcendence and God

Critical Realism, Co-presence and Making a Difference

Part I: Reality Check Part II: Critical Realism and the Left

PART THREE: EN ROUTE FROM TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTICAL CRITICAL REALISM TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF mETA-REALITY

Critical Realism, Postmodernism and the Global Crisis

Left Versus Right Brain, Creativity and Emancipation

The Philosophy of meta-Reality: Identity, Spirituality, System

PART FOUR: EXPLORATIONS WITHIN THE PHILOSOPHY OF mETA-REALITY

Educating the Educators - Or, Empowering Teachers

The Limits of Thought

Unconditionality in Love