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... philosophical systems as ' incoherent ' in the sense that they lack internal consistency . But is a work of art similarly obliged to demonstrate internal consistency ? Is it not often the case that the function of artistic form is ...
... philosophical systems as ' incoherent ' in the sense that they lack internal consistency . But is a work of art similarly obliged to demonstrate internal consistency ? Is it not often the case that the function of artistic form is ...
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... philosophical premises in that it seeks to counterpose the humanistic ideals of the total man and of the work of art as a totality , to the nature of capitalist reality . Both in its content and in its philosophical underpinnings ...
... philosophical premises in that it seeks to counterpose the humanistic ideals of the total man and of the work of art as a totality , to the nature of capitalist reality . Both in its content and in its philosophical underpinnings ...
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... philosophical systems , affinities which can be explained by reference to their common sociological origins in specifically bourgeois social groupings . And finally , following Goldmann , we pointed to the contrast between rationalist ...
... philosophical systems , affinities which can be explained by reference to their common sociological origins in specifically bourgeois social groupings . And finally , following Goldmann , we pointed to the contrast between rationalist ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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