A Social History of Analytic Philosophy by Schuringa, Christoph
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy by Schuringa, Christoph

A Social History of Analytic Philosophy

How a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic...
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Author: Christoph Schuringa
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Language: English
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy by Schuringa, Christoph

A Social History of Analytic Philosophy

$53.88
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy by Schuringa, Christoph

A Social History of Analytic Philosophy

$53.88
Author: Christoph Schuringa
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces

Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world. What explains its continued success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. Analytic philosophy tends to think of itself as concerned with eternal questions, transcending the changing scenes of history. It thinks of itself as apolitical. This book, however, convincingly shows that the opposite is true.

The origins of analytic philosophy are in a set of distinct movements, shaped by high-ly specific sets of political and social forces. Only after the Second World War were these disparate, often dynamic movements joined together to make 'analytic philosophy' as we know it. In the climate of McCarthyism, analytic philosophy was robbed of political force.

To this day, analytic philosophy is the ideology of the status quo. It may seem arcane and largely removed from the real world, but it is a crucial component in upholding liberalism, through its central role in elite educational institutions. As Schuringa concludes, the apparently increasing friendliness of analytic philosophers to rival approaches in philosophy should be understood as a form of colonization; thanks to its hegemonic status, it reformats all it touches in service of its own imperatives, going so far as to colonize decolonial efforts in the discipline.

Author: Christoph Schuringa
Publisher: Verso
Published: 06/10/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.06w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9781804292099

About the Author
Christoph Schuringa studied philosophy at King's College, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, University of London. He has published widely on the history of philosophy and on Marx and Marxism, and is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University, London. He is Editor of the Hegel Bulletin, and his writing has appeared in Jacobin, New Left Review, European Journal of Philosophy and elsewhere.
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