| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 181 pages). |
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Cultural memory in the present |
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Cultural memory in the present.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the picture of morality -- A dialogue on war -- Bergson's critical philosophy -- The closed society : Bergson on Durkheim -- Human rights and the critique of practical reason -- Human rights as conversion -- The open society -- The two faces of human rights. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book concentrates instead on his political philosophy-and especially on his late masterpiece, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion-from which Alexandre Lefebvre develops an original approach to human rights. We tend to think of human rights as the urgent international project of protecting all people everywhere from harm. Bergson shows us tha. |
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Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941. Deux sources de la morale et de la religion.
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Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941 -- Political and social views.
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Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.
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Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941. (OCoLC)fst00027792
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Deux sources de la morale et de la religion (Bergson, Henri) (OCoLC)fst01361425
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Human rights -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00963307
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Political science -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01069819
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780804785785 0804785783 (DLC) 2012045131 |
| ISBN |
0804786453 (electronic bk.) |
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9780804786454 (electronic bk.) |
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