Critique of Forms of Life / Rahel Jaeggi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaeggi, Rahel, author.

Standardized Title:

Kritik von Lebensformen. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Social history--Philosophy.

Social history.

Social change--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social change.

Social ethics.

Criticism (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For liberals, the question “Do others live rightly?” seems to demand a follow-up question: “Who am I to judge?” Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But Rahel Jaeggi argues that criticizing is not only valid but also useful. Moral judgment is no error—the error lies in how we go about it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on the Translation

Introduction: Against "Ethical Abstinence"

I. An Ensemble of Practices: Forms of Life as Social Formations

II. Solutions to Problems: Forms of Life as Normatively Constituted Formations

III. Forms of Criticism

IV. The Dynamics of Crisis and the Rationality of Social Change

Conclusion: A Critical Theory of Criticism of Forms of Life

Notes

Index

Notes:

"This book was originally published as Kritik von Lebensformen (c) Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2014 "--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674988699

0674988698

9780674988712

067498871X

OCLC:

1062395685