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In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions without Becoming a Fanatic (Paperback)
$13.29 - Save $2.59 (16%) - RRP $15.88 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for In Praise of DoubtPresents a treatment of how we can have confidence in our convictions - in such ideals as democracy, human rights, equality under the law, etcetera - without succumbing to the radical doubts of relativism and the false certainties of fundamentalism.
Full description- Publisher: HarperOne
- Published: 01 October 2010
- Format: Paperback 208 pages
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- Categories: Philosophy: Epistemology & Theory Of Knowledge | Social & Political Philosophy | Popular Psychology
- ISBN 13: 9780061778179 ISBN 10: 0061778176
- Sales rank: 285,485
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Full description for In Praise of Doubt
We are stuck. Both as a culture and as individuals, we find it much easier to articulate what we are against and find ourselves at a loss for words when we need to articulate what we are for. World-famous sociologists Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld team up to present a profound treatment of how we can have confidence in our convictions - in such ideals as democracy, human rights, equality under the law, etc. - without succumbing to the radical doubts of relativism and the false certainties of fundamentalism. With new lenses for seeing the influence modernism, relativism, and fundamentalism, they explore the roles of humour, doubt, and social norms that help us have convictions without grasping them so tightly that we become fanatical.
