The Flight to Objectivity: Essays on Cartesianism and Culture (Suny Series in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Bordo, Susan R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887064108 ISBN 13: 9780887064104

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 1987

Synopsis

The Flight to Objectivity offers a new reading of Descartes' Meditations informed by cultural history, psychoanalytic and cognitive psychology, and feminist thought. It focuses not on Descartes' arguments as "timeless," culturally disembodied events, but on the psychological drama and imagery of the Meditations explored in the context of the historical instability of the seventeenth century and deep historical changes in the structure of human experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan R. Bordo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Le Moyne College.

Review:

“This is cultural history at its best. The topic is of greatest philosophical and cultural importance. It will be a major contribution to a feminist epistemology.” ― Patrick Hill

“The book is an original and imaginative treatment of the Cartesian bequest. It is well written, intelligent, and exciting in implication. The author has an excellent grasp of the necessary texts and she has interwoven a series of creative and fascinating themes, seldom if ever pursued in Cartesian studies. This book is in the tradition of culturally interpretive works and should take its place among the most imaginative reconstructions of the Cartesian era.” ― John J. McDermott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Texas A & M University

About this edition

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0887064108
• ISBN 13: 9780887064104
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160