Aspects of enlightenment [electronic resource] : social theory and the ethics of truth / Thomas Osborne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : UCL Press, 1998.Description: xv, 216 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 300.1 21
LOC classification:
  • H61.O8 1998eb
Online resources: Summary: This is a timely, distinctive and sparkling introductory account of social theory and the central role of enlightenment within it. Osborne argues that social theory should be based on an idea of enlightenment rather than modernity.
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Bibliography: p. 195-209 and includes index.

This is a timely, distinctive and sparkling introductory account of social theory and the central role of enlightenment within it. Osborne argues that social theory should be based on an idea of enlightenment rather than modernity.

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