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EAN : 9782348067341
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 250
Size : 135 x 220 mm
PERSPECTIVES OF POSSIBILITY

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Release date : 27/01/2022
The history of possibility, the field of possibilities, the horizon of possibility: invoking “possibility” is a cliché of our time.

Contrary to the claims of popular opinion, there is no shortage of alternatives: the latest news has confirmed as much. How to approach the possibilities of the present and not just...
The history of possibility, the field of possibilities, the horizon of possibility: invoking “possibility” is a cliché of our time.

Contrary to the claims of popular opinion, there is no shortage of alternatives: the latest news has confirmed as much. How to approach the possibilities of the present and not just those of the past? And how to make this fragile knowledge a weapon for thought, the potential key to a new liberating act? To answer these questions, we must combine the legacies of philosophy and the social sciences to build the history, theory, and means for a new kind of inquiry, doubtless all more necessary since, as with the definition of reality, the definition of possibility is endlessly contested, a central concern and cornerstone of all politics.
 
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EAN : 9782348067341
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 250
Size : 135 x 220 mm
La Découverte