A01=Carlos Pereda
Author_Carlos Pereda
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comparative philosophy
continental philosophy
culture of responsibility
economics
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gender studies
Latin American Philosophy
Latin American studies
legal studies
metaphysics
moral universalism
non-impunity
philosophy of history
political science
political theory
practical normativity
practical reason
rhetoric
social epistemology
sociology
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- ISBN 9781666931822
- Weight: 503g
- Dimensions: 158 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought invites us to think of societies as organizations built with moral, legal, political, and economic materials that interact in dynamic, and often simultaneous, ways. According to this view, which Carlos Pereda calls “practical holism,” our practical life is constantly motivated by many different kinds of values that often conflict with one another. This book examines how practical normativity, guiding how we behave from seemingly trivial interactions to the deepest existential dilemmas, is crossed by tensions. Pereda argues that only nomadic thought—willing to transgress received conceptual distinctions or groupings—is capable of capturing those many interactions. No qualitative or quantitative typology is indisputable; leaving behind hitherto well-established pathways is not impossible. At its best, nomadic thought considers all of these as proposals worth pondering and discussing, to be approved or rejected, always in a provisional form.
Carlos Pereda is professor emeritus at the Institute of Philosophical Investigations, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
