Against the Self-Images of the Age: Essays on Ideology and Philosophy - Hardcover

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268005869 ISBN 13: 9780268005863

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018

Synopsis

Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the few professional philosophers whose writings span both technical analytical philosophy and those general moral or intellectual questions that laymen often suppose to be the province of philosophy but that are seldom discussed within its bounds. The unity of this book—made up both of original and previously published pieces—lies in its attempt to expose this dichotomy and to link beliefs and moral theories with philosophical criticism. The author successively criticizes Christianity, Marxism, and psychoanalysis for their failure to express the forms of thought and action that constitute our contemporary social life, and argues that a greater understanding of our complex world will require a more thorough inquiry into the philosophy of the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author:

Alasdair MacIntyre is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics at London Metropolitan University and Rev John A. O'Brien Senior Research Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Review:

"The main impression left by this collection . . . is of the scope and thoroughness of Alasdair MacIntyre's interests and the admirable fertility of his mind."--Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0268005869
• ISBN 13: 9780268005863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296