Cosmopolis
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780226808383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Toulmin |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 235 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.392 |
| Publishing Date | 01/11/1992 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €39.53 |
| Tax | €2.37 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €41.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In the 17th century, a vision arose which was to captivate the Western imagination for the next 300 years: the vision of Cosmopolis, a society as rationally ordered as the Newtonian view of nature. While fueling extraordinary advances in all fields of human endeavour, this vision perpetuated a hidden yet persistent agenda: the delusion that human nature and society could be fitted into precise and manageable rational categories. Stephen Toulmin confronts that agenda - its illusions and its consequences for our present and future world.