Democratic problem-solving : dialogues in social epistemology /: dialogues in social epistemology. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Justin Cruickshank and Raphael Sassower.
• Editors: Cruickshank, Justin, 1969-; Sassower, Raphael
• Contents: Democratic Problem-Solving; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Linking Philosophy and Politics; 1 Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices; 2 A Bridge over Turbulent Waters; 3 Context and Contestation; 4 Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies; 5 There Are No Dangerous Ideas; Part 2: Science, Problem-Solving and Sociology; 6 Science, Democracy and the Sociology of Power; 7 Criticism versus Dogmatism; 8 The Problem of Demarcation Isn't Going Away; Part 3: Democracy, Education and the Role of Intellectuals in Public Life 9 Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue10 Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism?; 11 The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism; 12 Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals; 13 The Cost of Public Intellectuals; 14 Radical Public Intellectuals; Part 4: From Public Intellectuals to Political Economy and Technology; 15 Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of Food; 16 Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy; 17 The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science and Higher Education; 18 The Problem of Technocapitalism Part 5: Democracy, Dialogue, Experts and Elites19 Envisioning Peaceful Democratic Dialogues; 20 Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of Brexit; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
• Publisher Details: London : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages)
• Subjects: 306.2; Social Science: Sociology / Social Theory; Democracy -- Philosophy; Social epistemology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Democracy -- Philosophy; Social epistemology; Philosophy: Political; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786600929; 1786600927
• Related ISBNs: 9781786600905
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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