Powers of the rational : science, technology, and the future of thought / Dominique Janicaud ; translated by Peg Birmingham and Elizabeth Birmingham.

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Janicaud, Dominique, 1937-

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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Studies in Continental thoughtPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1994.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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0585108714
9780585108711

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Puissance du rationnel. English

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B2430.J283 P8513 1994eb

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pt. I. Impotence in the Face of Power. 1. Facing the Incalculable. 2. Power in Its Effects. 3. The Ruses of Technicism. 4. Jonas in the System -- pt. II. What Power for the Rational? 5. The Phases of Potentialization. 6. Science between Power and Alliance. 7. From Absolute Power to Contiguity. 8. Rationality as Partage -- pt. III. Of Rationality and the Enigma.

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Summary: Why has science placed itself almost exclusively in the service of power? Can the rational avoid being appropriated by a kind of "hyperpower"? Do other possibilities exist for the future of thought? Dominique Janicaud addresses the menacing explosion of power in contemporary life. Starting with a critical reflection upon the origins of the rational, he combines a phenomenology of power with a genealogy of rationality to investigate the role of rationality in linking science and technology to power. Motivated by Heidegger's critique of technology, Janicaud broadens the interrogation by critically engaging with such thinkers as Weber, Habermas, and Adorno. The book sheds new light not only on Heidegger's own work but also on its relationship with the phenomenological past and its contemporary competitors - the Frankfurt school, post-structuralism, and contemporary analytic philosophy.

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Why has science placed itself almost exclusively in the service of power? Can the rational avoid being appropriated by a kind of "hyperpower"? Do other possibilities exist for the future of thought? Dominique Janicaud addresses the menacing explosion of power in contemporary life. Starting with a critical reflection upon the origins of the rational, he combines a phenomenology of power with a genealogy of rationality to investigate the role of rationality in linking science and technology to power. Motivated by Heidegger's critique of technology, Janicaud broadens the interrogation by critically engaging with such thinkers as Weber, Habermas, and Adorno. The book sheds new light not only on Heidegger's own work but also on its relationship with the phenomenological past and its contemporary competitors - the Frankfurt school, post-structuralism, and contemporary analytic philosophy.

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