Reflexivity And The Crisis of Western Reason

<p>This ground breaking work explores the genealogical analysis of the discourses of reflection. Barry Sandywell traces the differences between the traditional discourses of reflection and the experiences of reflexivity in everyday, social and philosophical thought.<br> Brilliantly organised and abounding with astonishing insights, <em>Reflexivity and the Crisis of Western Reason</em> offers a fundamental challenge to our normal ways of viewing social thought.</p> 1 INTRODUCTION; Part I MIMESIS; Chapter 1 RHETORICS OF REPRESENTATION; Chapter 2 THE EPOCH OF REPRESENTATION; Part II REFLECTION; Chapter 3 GENERIC REFLECTION; Chapter 4 CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIFE-WORLD; Chapter 5 REFLECTION AS SPECULATIVE THOUGHT; Part III REFLEXIVITY; Chapter 6 THE REFLEXIVE SELF; Chapter 7 BEING-IN-THE-WORLD AS INCARNATE REFLEXIVITY; Chapter 8 PRAXICAL REFLEXIVITY; Chapter 9 PHRONETIC REFLEXIVITY: BETWEEN MORALITY AND PRAXIS; Part IV DIALOGUE; Chapter 10 GENEALOGICAL SELF-REFLEXIVITY; Chapter 11 TRANSACTIONAL REFLEXIVITY; Chapter 12 DIALOGICAL REFLEXIVITY; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex; Subject Index;