Description
This book on the philosophy of critical realism and meta-Reality and its development is based on conversations between Roy Bhaskar, the originator of the philosophy, and Savita Singh, a distinguished Indian poet and social theorist. The wide range of topics covered include the priority of being over thought, reversing the traditional emphasis in the West; transcendence as an everyday phenomenon; the prefiguration of the good society in the characteristic labour of women; the metacritique of Nietzsche and Derrida, and of Marx and Marxism; recognition and immortality; and the principle of hermeticism: there is no authority but yourself. The book will appeal to anyone wanting to understand Roy Bhaskar’s thought, and offers a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in critical realism and its development.
Table of Contents
Childhood and University.- Transcendental Realism and Critical Naturalism.- The Transitions to Dialectical Critical Realism and the Theory of Everyday Transcendence.- How False Theories Work: TINA Formations and the Critique of Irrealism.- Recovery of Truth and the Dialectic of Self-Realisation.- God, the Cosmic Envelope and the Self.- The Emotions, Thought and Self-Realisation.- Critique of Modernism and Postmodernism.- The Question of Women.- Recognition and Immortality, Failure and Success.- Re-enchanting Reality: Practical Ways to Become Freer.
