Michel Meyer's Problematology

In today's society everything is in question. The reflexive questioning of modernity has fundamentally problematized society including philosophy which has experienced a crisis of metaphysics. Michel Meyer's problematology answers this crisis by questioning questioning unfolding a new way of doing philosophy with special relevance for the study of society. In this first-ever extended treatment of Meyer's work Nick Turnbull examines the main features of problematology including the principle of questioning and the deduction of an original conception of difference based on the question-answer relationship. Turnbull shows how these concepts produce new perspectives in the philosophy of the emotions history meaning politics rhetoric and science. He applies Meyer's ideas to key questions in the philosophy of social science showing how problematology offers important insights for understanding contemporary society.<br/><br/>The book compares problematology with the work of well-known thinkers including Bourdieu Castoriadis Collingwood Derrida Dewey Gadamer Heidegger and Lyotard. Turnbull uses problematology and rhetoric to explain how meaning is constructed through practice in the negotiation of social distance.