Reason, Social Myths and Democracy
Download or Read eBook Reason, Social Myths and Democracy PDF written by Sidney Hook and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sidney Hook |
| Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781605206332 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1605206334 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reason, Social Myths and Democracy by : Sidney Hook
Book excerpt: Dedicated "to the memory of a Great Adversary," this 1940 work is a startling clarion call to embrace reason and rationality as the only way to solve social problems. Hook discusses: [ democracy and scientific method [ the meaning behind nonsense [ the folklore of capitalism [ ideas as weapons [ integral humanism [ science, atheism, and mythology [ science and the "new obscurantism" [ the mythology of class science [ and much more.
