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ISBN10: 0826498310, ISBN13: 9780826498311, [publisher: BLOOMSBURY 3PL] Hardcover Offers a reading of the work of Kierkegaard in relation to metaphysics and political theory. This title argues that the notion of the person that lies at the heart of the liberal tradition is derived from a Kantian and Cartesian metaphysic. It also offers a.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2009]
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ISBN10: 0826498310, ISBN13: 9780826498311, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Hardcover Hardcover. Alison Assiter argues that the notion of the person that lies at the heart of the liberal tradition is derived from a Kantian and Cartesian metaphysic. This metaphysic, according to her, is flawed and it permeates a number of aspects of the tradition. Significantly it excludes certain individuals, those who are labelled mad' or evil'. Instead she offers an alternative metaphysical image of the person that is derived largely from the work of Kierkegaard. Assiter argues that there is a strand of Kierkegaard's writing that offers a metaphysical picture that recognises the dependence of people upon one another. He offers a moral outlook, derived from this, that encourages people to love' one another. Inspired by Kierkegaard, Assiter goes on to argue that it is useful to focus on needs rather than rights in moral and political thinking and to defend the view that it is important to care about others who may be far removed from each one of us. Furthermore, she argues, it is important that we treat those who are close to us, well. Offers a reading of the work of Kierkegaard in relation to metaphysics and political theory. This title argues that the notion of the person that lies at the heart of the liberal tradition is derived from a Kantian and Cartesian metaphysic. It also offers an alternative metaphysical image of the person that is derived ...

ISBN10: 0826498310, ISBN13: 9780826498311, [publisher: Continuum] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0826498310, ISBN13: 9780826498311, [publisher: Continuum] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0826498310, ISBN13: 9780826498311, [publisher: Continuum, London] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. pp: 165. Original publisher's white, blue and black boards. Inscribed to Nira Yuval-Davis, emeritus professor at UEL at ffep. ISBN: 9780826498311 Minor signs of shelfwear at front and rear boards. Bottom of spine bumped and slightly nicked. Occasional pen underlinging in chapters 7 and 8. Otherwise tight and clean copy. Very good.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2009]
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New York Continuum 2009 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Continuum Studies in Philosophy, 35.