{"product_id":"dialectic-and-difference-9780415560368","title":"Dialectic and Difference","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDialectic and Difference\u003c\/em\u003e is the first systematic exploration of Roy Bhaskar's dialectical philosophy and its implications for ethics and justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat philosophy has three aims: a dialecticisation of original critical realism, a critical realisation' of dialectic, and a metacritique of western philosophy. In the first, real absence or negativity links structured being to dialectical becoming in a dynamic world. The second draws on Marx to locate the critical impulse in Hegel's dialectic in a material, open and changing totality. The third identifies a central problem in western philosophy from the Greeks on, the failure to think real negativity as the essence of change (ontological monovalence'). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBhaskar's ethics connect basic human ontology with universal principles of freedom and solidarity. He marries (constellates') these with a grasp of how principles are historically shaped. His account of freedom moves from the infant's primal scream' to t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Matches Bhaskar’s striking originality with a clarity that should make his ideas more widely available. The reach of comparison with other thinkers, past and present, is truly impressive and very helpful. The emphasis on change, interaction, negativity and totality is particularly relevant for the explosive period our world has just entered.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eBertell Ollman, New York University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A major contribution to the understanding of a difficult but extremely important philosophical position. The expository and critical discussion is sustained at a very high level.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eWilliam Outhwaite, University of Newcastle, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Elegant, thoroughgoing, accessible, genuinely illuminating. It brilliantly elucidates dialectical critical realism’s ethics and how it trumps poststructuralism in particular and irrealism in general.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eMervyn Hartwig, Editor, Journal of Critical Realism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Intro: Natural Necessity, Being and Becoming 2. Accentuate the Negative 3. Diffracting Dialectic 4. Opening Totality 5. Constellating Ethics 6. Metacritique I: Philosophy's ‘Primordial Failing’ 7. Metacritique II: Dialectic and Difference 8. Conclusion: Natural Necessity and the Grounds of Justice\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018165649751,"sku":"9780415560368","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415560368.jpg?v=1750775866","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dialectic-and-difference-9780415560368","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}