Rethinking Our World

by Philip Higgs and Jane Smith

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These questions, taken from the text of "Rethinking Our World", challenge the reader to look critically and creatively at the many of society's traditional beliefs. They encourage reader to look at their world differently by asking questions about change, identity and direction. The following major philosophies are covered on an introductory and interactive level: logical empiricism; critical rationalism; critical theory; postmodernism; feminism; African philosophy; Ken Wilber's Holon theory. The authors outline the major figures and basic principles of each philosophy, then analyse the type of thinking each approach encourages. They go on to challenge readers to examine ways in which the different approaches can be used to understand their world.
  • ISBN10 0702188581
  • ISBN13 9780702188589
  • Publish Date 5 May 2012 (first published 31 August 2006)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 October 2015
  • Publish Country ZA
  • Publisher Juta & Company Ltd
  • Imprint Juta Legal and Academic Publishers
  • Edition 3rd edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Language English