The idea of pure critique Iain Mackenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackenzie, Iain, 1969- author.

Series:

Transversals.

Tranversals : new directions in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992.

Guattari, Félix.

Criticism (Philosophy).

Apathy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York Continuum 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is required of the idea of critique if it is to overcome indifference? This question addresses core themes in modern, post-Kantian and European philosophy, challenging theory's resignation in the face of contemporary political and economic formations. If indifference is to be overcome, critique must be demarcated in its purity, as an idea of critique in and of itself. For the idea of critique to become pure we must view critique as the construction of difference-only pure critique, as the construction of difference, can overcome our current age of indifference. The Idea of Pure Critique will appeal to students of Kant as well as to the many interested in Deleuze and Guattari's contribution to philosophies of difference. More fundamentally, the book presents a series of political and philosophical challenges to the apathy that pervades modern forms of life

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Kant and the Critique of Indifference; Chapter Two: Philosophy as Pure Critique; Chapter Three: Four Problems with Pure Critique; Conclusion: The Idea of Pure Critique; Afterword; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-111) and index

ISBN:

9786611298906

9781472546890

147254689X

9781281298904

1281298905

9781847141804

1847141803

OCLC:

290598515