Aspects Of Enlightenment: Social Theory And The Ethics Of Truth

by Thomas Osborne and Thomas Osbourne

Book Overview

This is an introductory account of social theory and the central role of enlightenment within it. Tom Osborne argues that: contemporary social theory can only fail when viewed as a "science of society", and rather than focusing upon the question of society or even "modernity" should focus on the question of human nature. The most immediate and central topic of such a social theory should be the question of enlightenment.; However, the book departs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185728853X
• ISBN13: 9781857288537
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"