Collingwood and the crisis of Western civilisation : art, metaphysics and dialectic / Richard Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Richard (Richard L.)

Series:

British idealist studies. Collingwood ; Series 2, 4.

British idealist studies. Series 2, Collingwood ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--Philosophy.

Historiography.

Collingwood, R. G. (Robin George), 1889-1943.

Collingwood, R. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter [England] : Andrews, 2012, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that R.G. Collingwood's philosophy is best understood as a diagnosis of and response to a crisis of Western civilisation. The various and complementary aspects of the crisis of civilisation are explored and Collingwood is demonstrated to be working in the traditions of Romanticism and 'historicism'. On these subjects, the theories of Collingwood and Ortega y Gasset are contrasted with those of Nietzsche and Weber.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Page; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Body Matter; Part One: Art and the Crisis of Civilisation; 1: Romanticism, Historicism & the Unity of the Forms of Experience; 2: Art and Craft; 3: Art, Consciousness and Truth; 4: Artist and Community; Part Two: Logic and Metaphysics; 5: A Revolution in Logic; 6: Metaphysics and the Logic of Question and Answer; 7: Metaphysics, History and Progress; Part Three: Dialectic, Civilisation and Politics; 8: The Phenomenology of Mind; 9: The Politics of Dialectic

10: Civilisation, Capitalism and the Bureaucratic StateBack Matter; Conclusion; References

Notes:

Originally published in the U.K. by Imprint Academic, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-68952-9

1-84540-407-6

OCLC:

781849549