Skepticism & ideology : Shelley's political prose and its philosophical context from Bacon to Marx /
Skepticism and ideology
Terence Allan Hoagwood.
- 1st ed.
- Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1988.
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 237 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
Part 1: Shelley and philosophical skepticism -- Skeptical methodology -- The concept of probability -- The problem of external objects and the concept of cause -- The epistemological circle and the criterion of truth -- Descartes and the criterion of truth -- Drummond's critique of Descartes: the argument of relativity and the criterion of truth -- Universal consent, facticity, and nominalization -- Shelley, Drummond, and the concept of power -- Sign theory: Berkeley, Drummond, Shelley, and skeptical tradition -- Thomas Reid: common sense, conventional assent, and political power -- Part 2: Shelley and historical dialectic -- Shelley, Marx, and cultural context -- The dialectics of skepticism and Marxism -- Marx, Engels, Hegel, and the absolute idea -- Dialectic and negative dogma -- X is Y, unless it is not -- Ideology, superstructure, and determinism -- Part 3: Shelley's philosophical prose -- Politics and Shelley's philosophical project -- Imagination and morals -- Shelley and reform -- Shelley and the Examiner -- A philosophical view of reform, Chapter I -- A philosophical view of reform, Chapter II -- A philosophical view of reform, Chapter III.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 --Political and social views. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 --Prose. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
1800-1899
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century. Political science--Philosophy. Skepticism. POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Criticism and interpretation. Political and social views. Political science--Philosophy. Politics and literature. Skepticism.