Description: Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism : A Study of Actual Idealist Moral Theory, Paperback by Wakefield, James, ISBN 1845407644, ISBN-13 9781845407643, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
Recent moral philosophers have had little to say about Giovanni Gentiles actual idealism’, which is widely dismissed as a kind of obscurantist Hegelianism used to conceal flimsy justifications for the state’s total impunity over questions of morality and truth. While Gentile is increasingly recognised as a major figure in twentieth-century Italian culture, actual idealism itself has yet to be given a full and impartial philosophical appraisal.
Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism represents the first book-length treatment of actual idealist moral theory. Part I describes and criticises Gentile’s stated view, showing that it includes several ambiguities that he exploits in order to align it with Fascist totalitarianism. Part II develops a modified version that is more consistent with the basic tenets of actual idealism.
It is argued that Gentile’s theory is best understood as a radical constructivist doctrine according to which all thinking has a moral character. Rigorously conceived, it promotes not uncritical submission to the state, but free and self-regulating thought in the absence of a fully objective reality. Thus Gentile demonstrates both the plausibility and the limitations of any uncompromising form of anti-realist constructivism.
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Book Title: Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism : A
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism : A Study of Actual Idealist Moral Theory
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Movements / Idealism, History & Surveys / Modern, Political
Item Height: 1.5 in
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: James Wakefield
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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