Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern

by David Walsh

In Subjectivity, sixteen leading scholars examine the turn to the subject in modern philosophy and consider its historical antecedents in ancient and medieval thought. Some critics of modernity reject the turn to the subject as a specifically modern error, arguing that it logically leads to nihilism and moral relativism by divorcing the human mind from objective reality. Yet, some important thinkers of the last half-century--including Leo Strauss,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498513182
• ISBN13: 9781498513180
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"