The Logic of Estrangement: Reason in an Unreasonable Form

by Julius Sensat

Overview

The book recasts the concept of estrangement as ‘reason in an unreasonable form', traces its development in writings of Kant, Hegel, and Marx, supplies a game-theoretic reconstruction of it, and assesses its significance for a critical understanding of John Rawls's philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349576425
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/19/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julius Sensat is Professor Emeritus in the philosophy department at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Kantian Morality and Estrangement

3. Hegel: Actualization of the Free Will

4. Marx: Economic Estrangement

5. Marx: Prices and the Rate of Profit

6. Strategic Estrangement

7. Rawls: Toward a Well-Ordered Society