Reality and its depths : a conversation between Savita Singh and Roy Bhaskar
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Reality and its depths : a conversation between Savita Singh and Roy Bhaskar
Springer, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-243)
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This book on the philosophy of critical realism and meta-Reality and its development is based on conversations between Roy Bhaskar, the originator of the philosophy, and Savita Singh, a distinguished Indian poet and social theorist. The wide range of topics covered include the priority of being over thought, reversing the traditional emphasis in the West; transcendence as an everyday phenomenon; the prefiguration of the good society in the characteristic labour of women; the metacritique of Nietzsche and Derrida, and of Marx and Marxism; recognition and immortality; and the principle of hermeticism: there is no authority but yourself. The book will appeal to anyone wanting to understand Roy Bhaskar's thought, and offers a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in critical realism and its development.
Table of Contents
1. Childhood and University
2. Transcendental Realism and Critical Naturalism
3. The Transitions to Dialectical Critical Realism and the Theory of Everyday Transcendence
4. How False Theories Work: TINA Formations and the Critique of Irrealism
5. Recovery of Truth and the Dialectic of Self-Realisation
6. God, the Cosmic Envelope and the Self
7. The Emotions, Thought and Self-Realisation
8. Critique of Modernism and Postmodernism
9. The Question of Women
10. Recognition and Immortality, Failure and Success
11. Re-enchanting Reality: Practical Ways to Become Freer
12. Conclusion
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Appendix: Metacritique of Marx and Marxism
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