Name: Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
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Author: Justin E. H. Smith
ISBN: 9780691210513

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Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason

Type

Physical Book

Author

Justin E. H. Smith

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Language

English

Pages

344

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9780691210513

Synopsis "Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason"

From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will be In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history. Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar opposite. Illuminating unreason at a moment when the world appears to have gone mad again, Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating.

Justin E. H. Smith

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Justin E. H. Smith (Reno, United States, 1972) holds a PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University. From 2003 to 2013, he served as a faculty member at Concordia University in Montreal, and he is currently a professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Université de Paris. He is also a member of the sphere research laboratory at the same university. In 2019 and 2020, he participated in the international fellowship program of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and since 2020 he has been writing critical essays and philosophy in his digital newsletter Justin E. H. Smith’s Hinternet.
He has written numerous articles in specialized journals and frequently contributes to publications such as The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Art in America, among others. He has compiled, among others, the volumes The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (2006) and Embodiment. A History (2017). Additionally, he is the author of the books Divine Machines. Leibniz and the Sciences of Life (2011); Nature, Human Nature, & Human Difference. Race in Early Modern Philosophy (2015), and The Philosopher. A History in Six Types (2016).

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