Cultural revolutions : reason versus culture in philosophy, politics, and jihad / Lawrence E. Cahoone.
"In this probing examination of the meaning and function of culture in contemporary society, Lawrence Cahoone argues that reason itself is cultural, but no less reasonable for it. While recent political and philosophical movements have recognized that cognition, the self, and politics are embed...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | "In this probing examination of the meaning and function of culture in contemporary society, Lawrence Cahoone argues that reason itself is cultural, but no less reasonable for it. While recent political and philosophical movements have recognized that cognition, the self, and politics are embedded in culture, most fail to appreciate the deep changes in rationalism and liberal theory this implies, others leap directly into relativism, and nearly all fail to define culture. Cultural Revolutions systematically defines culture, gauges the consequences of the ineradicably cultural nature of cognition and action, yet argues that none of this implies relativism. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271030241 0271030240 9780271025247 |