The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact
Controversies on Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Nineteenth-Century France and Mexico
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:15th Feb '23
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In the nineteenth century, French and Mexican intellectuals had a common interest in providing a groundwork for educating better citizens in response to social crises. There were political and philosophical controversies regarding science and technology in this environment between spiritualists (humanists) and positivists (scientists).. Power and knowledge were intertwined in these controversies. Another objective of the book is to show that controversies can be seen as a dispute between two cultures between those in favor of science and technology and those in favor of philosophy and the humanities. Their continuous arguments articulated a third culture based on an intertwining of power and knowledge. This articulation had an implicit dimension in which philosophy, science, and technology had to interact to enrich the political potential of the human experience of thinking. They were able to grasp a mix or a synthesis that conceptualized the power of a metaphysical artifact in which philosophy, science, and technology belong to the same culture, where politics helps invite dialogue between different cultural, religious, and political perspectives.
Obed Frausto excellently integrates in a coherent system of intelligibility, that of the artifact of metaphysics, different parameters such as socialization networks, systems of representation, motivations, intentionality and individual social actions, emerging in two very different contexts of power and knowledge organization. -- Andoni Ibarra, Editor of Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
The book is an amazing comparative research about controversies between postivist and humanist traditions in Mexico and France from an original and revealing perspective of the political philosphy of science. -- Ambrosio Velasco Gómez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
In The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact, Obed Frausto insightfully traces the opposition between the positivism of Comte and the spiritualism of Cousin as these philosophies traveled from France to Mexico. Informed by sociological theory, Frausto shows how key philosophical movements of the nineteenth century took on opposed political values in Europe and the Americas. A significant contribution to global intellectual history, this book shows the value of the comparative study of the ideologies and institutions of industrialization and modernity. -- John Tresch, School of Advanced Study, University of London
ISBN: 9781793654434
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
246 pages