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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Hardcover, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Text pages lightly tanned.”
- Pages
- 239
- Publication Date
- 2016-11-15
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- ISBN
- 9781594038792
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Encounter Books
ISBN-10
1594038791
ISBN-13
9781594038792
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221475684
Product Key Features
Book Title
When Reason Goes on Holiday : Philosophers in Politics
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Philosophers, History & Surveys / General, General, Higher, Political, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Political Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-011693
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"I found this book a highly entertaining and eye-opening read, filled with amazing anecdotes of irrationality and craziness by famous recent philosophers. I knew about philosophers with extreme left-wing bias before, but I didn't know of any famous philosopher who was guilty of something close to murder. (And yet we still have the most prestigious prize in philosophy of science named after him!) Sesardic's examples seem to show that philosophers not only are not immune from irrationality but are in fact especially prone to irrationality about politics. Hopefully, his book will lead to reflection and a renewed effort among philosophers to be more fair-minded and rational."--Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of The Problem of Political Authority "Sesardic's book is a wake-up call to individuals and universities alike about the remarkably poor judgment many contemporary philosophers have exhibited about some of the most important political questions of our age. His careful, insightful analysis should be required reading for anyone wanting to understand the influence they have had on the past century's universities and politics."--Andrew Irvine, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of Socrates on Trial "Gripping, thoroughly researched and documented, judiciously argued, and alternately depressing and infuriating, Sesardic's courageous book offers the astounding spectacle of some of the greatest minds of the past century--including Carnap, Einstein, Gdel, and Wittgenstein--adopting odious political views, supporting Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, for simplistic and plainly fallacious reasons. More shocking still is the story of how prominent journals, encyclopedias, and the American Philosophical Association itself have sacrificed academic integrity on the altar of political activism. Great philosophers repeatedly reveal themselves as terrible thinkers when it comes to morality and politics, plunging headlong into complex controversies without drawing elementary distinctions or differentiating degrees of good or evil."--Daniel Bonevac, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, "I found this book a highly entertaining and eye-opening read, filled with amazing anecdotes of irrationality and craziness by famous recent philosophers. I knew about philosophers with extreme left-wing bias before, but I didn't know of any famous philosopher who was guilty of something close to murder. (And yet we still have the most prestigious prize in philosophy of science named after him!) Sesardi++'s examples seem to show that philosophers not only are not immune from irrationality but are in fact especially prone to irrationality about politics. Hopefully, his book will lead to reflection and a renewed effort among philosophers to be more fair-minded and rational."-Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of The Problem of Political Authority "Sesardi++'s book is a wake-up call to individuals and universities alike about the remarkably poor judgment many contemporary philosophers have exhibited about some of the most important political questions of our age. His careful, insightful analysis should be required reading for anyone wanting to understand the influence they have had on the past century's universities and politics."-Andrew Irvine, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia and authorof Socrates on Trial "Gripping, thoroughly researched and documented, judiciously argued, and alternately depressing and infuriating, Sesardi++'s courageous book offers the astounding spectacle of some of the greatest minds of the past century-including Carnap, Einstein, Gödel, and Wittgenstein-adopting odious political views, supporting Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, for simplistic and plainly fallacious reasons. More shocking still is the story of how prominent journals, encyclopedias, and the American Philosophical Association itself have sacrificed academic integrity on the altar of political activism. Great philosophers repeatedly reveal themselves as terrible thinkers when it comes to morality and politics, plunging headlong into complex controversies without drawing elementary distinctions or differentiating degrees of good or evil."-Daniel Bonevac, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin
Dewey Decimal
320.01
Synopsis
Philosophers usually emphasize the importance of logic, clarity and reason. Therefore when they address political issues they will usually inject a dose of rationality in these discussions, right? Wrong. This book gives a lot of examples showing the unexpected level of political irrationality among leading contemporary philosophers. The body of the book presents a detailed analysis of extreme leftist views of a number of famous philosophers and their occasional descent into apology for--and occasionally even active participation in--totalitarian politics. Most of these episodes are either virtually unknown (even inside the philosophical community) or have received very little attention. The author tries to explain how it was possible that so many luminaries of twentieth-century philosophy, who invoked reason and exhibited rigor and careful thinking in their professional work, succumbed to irrationality and ended up supporting some of the most murderous political regimes and ideologies. The huge leftist bias in contemporary philosophy and its persistence over the years is certainly a factor but it is far from being the whole story. Interestingly, the indisputably high intelligence of these philosophers did not actually protect them from descending into political insanity. It is argued that, on the contrary, both their brilliance and the high esteem they enjoyed in the profession only made them more self-confident and less cautious, thereby eventually making them blind to their betrayal of reason and the monstrosity of the causes they defended.
LC Classification Number
JA83.S455 2016
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