{"product_id":"bereft-of-reason-1","title":"Bereft of Reason","description":"In this critique of contemporary social theory, Eugene Halton argues that both modernism and postmodernism are damaged philosophies whose acceptance of the myths of the mind\/body dichotomy make them incapable of solving our social dilemmas. Claiming that human beings should be understood as far more than simply a form of knowledge, social construction or contingent difference, Halton argues that contemporary thought has lost touch with the spontaneous passions - or enchantment - of life. Exploring neglected works in 20th-century social thought and philosophy - particularly the writings of Lewis Mumford and Charles Peirce - as well as the work of contemporary writers such as Vaclav Havel, Maya Angelou, Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing and Victor Turner, Halton argues that reason is dependent upon non-rational forces - including sentiment, instinct, conjecture, imagination and experience. We must, he argues, frame our questions in a way which encompasses both enchantment and critical reason, and he offers an outline here for doing so.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218451190104,"sku":"9780226314617","price":92.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226314617_52c1dd3b-e47c-4354-89b5-2c98f33be2bb.jpg?v=1776826813","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bereft-of-reason-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}