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Author Janicaud, Dominique, 1937-2002

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

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1994]
©1994

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  128.4 J33P    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Studies in Continental thought
Studies in Continental thought.
Contents 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-282) and index.
Subject Power (Philosophy)
Reason.
Science -- Philosophy.
Technology -- Philosophy.
Added Title Puissance du rationnel. English
ISBN 0253331080 alkaline paper
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