From East To West: Odyssey of a Soul

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Routledge, 2 okt 2015 - 192 pagina's

In this radical book, Roy Bhaskar expands his philosophy of critical realism with an audacious re-synthesis of many aspects of Western and Eastern thought. Arguing that the existence of God provides the fundamental structure of the world, he renders plausible ideas of reincarnation, karma and moksha or liberation.

Originally published in the year of the millennium, From East to West continues to be a groundbreaking and fundamental work within the critical realist tradition. Stimulating debate in ontology, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of religion, this book has been influential as a major new development in critical realism. This second edition contains a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwig, who is the founding editor of the Journal of Critical Realism and editor and principal author of the Dictionary of Critical Realism.

 

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Inhoudsopgave

Introduction
1
Introduction to the book
27
PART I General theoretical introduction
45
PART II Odyssey of a soul
95
Index
178
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From East To West: Odyssey of a Soul
Roy Bhaskar
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Roy Bhaskar
Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015
From East to West: Odyssey of a Soul
Roy Bhaskar
Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015

Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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Over de auteur (2015)

Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014) was the originator of the philosophy of critical realism and the author of many acclaimed and influential works, including A Realist Theory of Science, The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom, Plato Etc., Reflections on MetaReality, From Science to Emancipation and (with Mervyn Hartwig) The Formation of Critical Realism. He was an author of Critical Realism: Essential Readings, Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change and Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis, and was the founding chair of the Centre for Critical Realism. He was also a World Scholar and Director of the International Centre of Critical Realism at the University of London Institute of Education.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelFrom East To West: Odyssey of a Soul
Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
AuteurRoy Bhaskar
Editie2, geïllustreerd, herzien
UitgeverRoutledge, 2015
ISBN1317356241, 9781317356240
Lengte192 pagina's
  
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