Naturalism and Social Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives

This book explores the meaning and facets of naturalism in social philosophy, investigating the consequences of concepts such as "second nature" and "forms of life" for social philosophy, analyzing the ways in which social action, gender, work, and morality are embodied, and surveying the conceptions of nature at play in social criticism.

Format: Hardback
Length: 284 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Can societies fall ill? Can institutions die, or social practices degenerate? Must social norms be embodied? To what extent is social action habitual? Is social life part of nature or does it transcend it? This book explores the meaning and many facets of naturalism in social philosophy. It investigates the consequences of concepts such as “second nature” and “forms of life” for social philosophy. It analyses the ways in which social action, gender, work, and morality are embodied. It surveys the conceptions of nature at play in social criticism. It provides students and experts of social philosophy with both an overview and critical analyses of the many facets of naturalism in social philosophy from Hume and Hegel to Contemporary Critical Theory.

Contributors: Louis Carré, Fabian Freyenhagen, Martin Hartmann, Axel Honneth, Thomas Khurana, Steven Levine, Sabrina Lovibond, Arvi Särkelä, Barbara Stiegler, Mariana Teixeira, Italo Testa

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538174920