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- catalog abstract "Unique in its collation of major theorists rarely considered together, Critical Environments incorporates detailed discussions of the work of Richard Rorty, Walter Benn Michaels, Stanley Cavell, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Niklas Luhmann, Donna Haraway, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Fredric Jameson, and others, and ranges across fields from feminist philosophy of science to the theory of ideology. Offering American readers a comprehensive introduction to systems theory and responding to the widespread charge of relativism leveled against it, Wolfe's work will enhance and inspire new kinds of critical thought.".
- catalog contributor b10742619.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-171) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Nothing Fails like Success: The Postmodern Moment and the Problem of the "Outside" -- Pragmatism: Rorty, Cavell, and Others. The Island of Belief: Walter Benn Michaels and the Uses of William James. Making Contingency Safe for Liberalism: Richard Rorty's Evasion of Philosophy. Coming to Terms: Stanley Cavell and the Ethics of Skepticism -- Systems Theory: Maturana and Varela with Luhmann. Feminist Philosophy of Science and the Detour of "Objectivity" When Loops Turn Strange: From First- to Second-Order Cybernetics. Between the Scylla of Realism and the Charybdis of Idealism: Autopoiesis and Beyond. Necessary Blind Spots: Niklas Luhmann and the Observation of Observation. Politics, Ethics, and Systems Theory.".
- catalog description "Unique in its collation of major theorists rarely considered together, Critical Environments incorporates detailed discussions of the work of Richard Rorty, Walter Benn Michaels, Stanley Cavell, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Niklas Luhmann, Donna Haraway, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Fredric Jameson, and others, and ranges across fields from feminist philosophy of science to the theory of ideology. Offering American readers a comprehensive introduction to systems theory and responding to the widespread charge of relativism leveled against it, Wolfe's work will enhance and inspire new kinds of critical thought.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 175 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0816630186 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816630194 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Theory out of bounds ; v. 13".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,".
- catalog subject "149/.97 21".
- catalog subject "B831.2 .W64 1998".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism.".
- catalog subject "Poststructuralism.".
- catalog subject "Pragmatism.".
- catalog subject "System theory.".
- catalog subject "Theory (Philosophy)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Nothing Fails like Success: The Postmodern Moment and the Problem of the "Outside" -- Pragmatism: Rorty, Cavell, and Others. The Island of Belief: Walter Benn Michaels and the Uses of William James. Making Contingency Safe for Liberalism: Richard Rorty's Evasion of Philosophy. Coming to Terms: Stanley Cavell and the Ethics of Skepticism -- Systems Theory: Maturana and Varela with Luhmann. Feminist Philosophy of Science and the Detour of "Objectivity" When Loops Turn Strange: From First- to Second-Order Cybernetics. Between the Scylla of Realism and the Charybdis of Idealism: Autopoiesis and Beyond. Necessary Blind Spots: Niklas Luhmann and the Observation of Observation. Politics, Ethics, and Systems Theory.".
- catalog title "Critical environments : postmodern theory and the pragmatics of the outside / Cary Wolfe.".
- catalog type "text".