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The Crisis of the Human Sciences: False Objectivity and the Decline of Creativity
Thor Botz-Bornstein
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Centralization and over-professionalization can lead to the disappearance of a critical environment capable of linking the human sciences to the real world. The authors of this volume suggest that the humanities need to operate in a concrete cultural environment able to influence procedures on a hic et nunc basis, and that they should not entirely depend on normative criteria whose function is often to hide ignorance behind a pretentious veil of value-neutral objectivity.In sociology, the growth of scientism has fragmented ethical categories and distorted discourse between our inner and outer selves, while philosophy is suffering from an empty ... Read more
Centralization and over-professionalization can lead to the disappearance of a critical environment capable of linking the human sciences to the real world. The authors of this volume suggest that the humanities need to operate in a concrete cultural environment able to influence procedures on a hic et nunc basis, and that they should not entirely depend on normative criteria whose function is often to hide ignorance behind a pretentious veil of value-neutral objectivity.In sociology, the growth of scientism has fragmented ethical categories and distorted discourse between our inner and outer selves, while philosophy is suffering from an empty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443833530
SKU
V9781443833530
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About Thor Botz-Bornstein
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein was born in Germany, studied Philosophy in Paris, and received his PhD from Oxford University in 1993. He has been researching in Japan, in particular on the philosophy of the Kyoto School, and worked for the Center of Cognition at Hangzhou University, China, as well as at Tuskegee University in Alabama, USA. He is now Assistant Professor of ... Read more
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