The Imbeciles Guide to Public Philosophy - 9780367724641

Taylor & Francis

The Imbeciles Guide to Public PhilosophyAuthor(s): Murzban Jal, Jyoti Bawane, Muzaffar Ali\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367724641, 978-0367724641\nSynopsis\nThis book studies the role of serious philosophizing in everyday life and looks at how authoritarianism negates philosophical and public reason. It sheds light on how philosophy can go beyond its life as a discipline limited to an esoteric group of academia to manifest itself via radical discursive practices in public life which enable us to understand and resolve contemporary socio-political challenges. It studies philosophy as a discipline which deals with one's orientations based on experience, the logic of reasoning, critical thinking, and most of all radical and progressive beliefs.\n\nThe book argues that the contemporary rise of capitalism in modern society, resonating mile Durkheims cautions on \""anomie\"", has favoured individualism, differe.