Reality and Its Dreams by Geuss, Raymond
Reality and Its Dreams by Geuss, Raymond

Reality and Its Dreams

Raymond Geuss is one of the most inventive and distinctive voices in contemporary political philosophy and a...
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
SKU: 9780674504950
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 426 left in stock
Author: Raymond Geuss
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: CHF 86.89
10 customers are viewing this product
Reality and Its Dreams by Geuss, Raymond

Reality and Its Dreams

CHF 86.89
Reality and Its Dreams by Geuss, Raymond

Reality and Its Dreams

CHF 86.89
Author: Raymond Geuss
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Raymond Geuss is one of the most inventive and distinctive voices in contemporary political philosophy and a trenchant critic of the field's dominant assumptions. In Reality and Its Dreams, he challenges the "normative turn" in political philosophy--the idea that the right approach to politics is to start from thinking abstractly about our own normative views and then, when they have been clarified and systematized, apply them to judging political structures, decisions, and events. Rather, the study of politics should be focused on the sphere of real politics, not least because normative judgments always arise from concrete historical configurations of power, including ideological power.

It is possible to do this without succumbing to a numbing or toxic form of relativism or abandoning utopianism, although utopianism needs to be reunderstood. The utopian impulse is not an attempt to describe a perfect society but an impulse to think the impossible in politics, to articulate deep-seated desires that cannot be realized under current conditions, and to imagine how conditions that seem invariant can be changed.

Geuss ranges widely across philosophy, literature, and art, exploring past and present ideas about such subjects as envy, love, satire, and evil and the work of figures as diverse as John Rawls, St. Augustine, Rabelais, and Russell Brand. His essays provide a bracing critique of ideas, too often unexamined, that shape and misshape our intellectual and political worlds.



Author: Raymond Geuss
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 03/28/2016
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780674504950


Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2016

About the Author
Geuss, Raymond: - Raymond Geuss is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His books include Changing the Subject, Reality and Its Dreams, and Who Needs a World View?
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89
Example product title
CHF 86.89
CHF 86.89

Recently Viewed Products