Eros and Irony: A Prelude to Philosophical Anarchism

by David L. Hall

"The conception of culture and philosophy's role within it developed in this work permits interesting formulations of a number of important issues and concepts: the relations between the utopian and utilitarian functions of philosophic theory; the character of the aesthetic and mystical sensibilities; the meaning and function of metaphor and of irony; the value of theoretical consensus; the nature of philosophic communication; and the distinctive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873955862
• ISBN13: 9780873955867
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.