Mark T Mitchell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3571798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark T Mitchell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark T |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitchell |
| SIGNATURE | MITCHELL M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portsmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Power and Fury
A marriage made in hell. Where did they come from, these furiously self-righteous "social justice warriors"? The growing radicalism and intolerance on the American left is the result of the strange union of Nietzsche's "will to power" and a secularized Puritan moralism. In this penetrating study, Mark T. Mitchell explains how this marriage made in hell gave birth to a powerful and destructive political and social movement. Having declared that "G…
The Limits of Liberalism
Polanyi and the Role of Tradition in Scientific Inquiry
A characteristic of the modern mind is a disdain for tradition. Polanyi argues that neglecting the role of tradition leads to philosophical incoherence as well as moral and political chaos. Polanyi’s postcritical philosophy represents an attempt to show how tradition plays a vital role in the process of discovery. Ultimately, a coherent account of the sciences, as well as the humanities, is only possible when tradition is acknowledged as indispen…
Michael Polanyi, Alasdair Maclntyre, and the Role of Tradition
HUMANITAS 97the possibiUty of returning to a golden past.Yet neither do they Postmodern-believe that skepticism and despair (or apathy) are satisfying alism a logical ternatives.Both lament the early modern rejection of the role of ^^^l l ^^^^^^' ^ tradition in enquiry.Such concepts as belief, authority, and the project possibility of speaking of the reality of moral and theological truths were, in the wake of Cartesian doubt, undermined and even…
Personal Participation
In this paper I focus on the central role faith plays in the thought of Polanyi and Voegelin. I begin by indicating how both find the modern conception of scientific knowing seriously wanting. What Polanyi terms “objectivism” and Voegelin calls “scientism” is the modern tendency to reduce knowledge to only that which can be scientifically demonstrated. This errant view of knowledge does not occur in a vacuum, though, and both men draw a connectio…
The Melancholy Tyrant
(2005). The Melancholy Tyrant: Democracy and Tyranny in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find' Perspectives on Political Science: Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 211-216
Race, the new right and state policy in Britain
Much has been written about the ‘New Right’ and ‘new’ racism. However, it is apparent that the content of current emphases ignores both the complexities of New Right’ ideology and its use of perspectives and attitudes from earlier periods. Indeed, it appears that ‘race’ is not, at least in practical terms, a leading feature of Thatcherite government and policy, despite certain well‐publicized instances and the rhetoric of critics of the ‘New Righ…
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies
An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science make possible a defence of naturalism which does not…
Enlightenment and Despair
A new conclusion has been written for the second edition of this widely acclaimed critical history of social theory in England, France, Germany and the United States from the 18th century to the present
Enlightenment and Despair
A new conclusion has been written for the second edition of this widely acclaimed critical history of social theory in England, France, Germany and the United States from the 18th century to the present
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies
An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science make possible a defence of naturalism which does not…
Enlightenment and Despair
A new conclusion has been written for the second edition of this widely acclaimed critical history of social theory in England, France, Germany and the United States from the 18th century to the present
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies
An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science make possible a defence of naturalism which does not…
Race, the new right and state policy in Britain
Much has been written about the ‘New Right’ and ‘new’ racism. However, it is apparent that the content of current emphases ignores both the complexities of New Right’ ideology and its use of perspectives and attitudes from earlier periods. Indeed, it appears that ‘race’ is not, at least in practical terms, a leading feature of Thatcherite government and policy, despite certain well‐publicized instances and the rhetoric of critics of the ‘New Righ…
Personal Participation
In this paper I focus on the central role faith plays in the thought of Polanyi and Voegelin. I begin by indicating how both find the modern conception of scientific knowing seriously wanting. What Polanyi terms “objectivism” and Voegelin calls “scientism” is the modern tendency to reduce knowledge to only that which can be scientifically demonstrated. This errant view of knowledge does not occur in a vacuum, though, and both men draw a connectio…
The Melancholy Tyrant
(2005). The Melancholy Tyrant: Democracy and Tyranny in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find' Perspectives on Political Science: Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 211-216
Michael Polanyi, Alasdair Maclntyre, and the Role of Tradition
HUMANITAS 97the possibiUty of returning to a golden past.Yet neither do they Postmodern-believe that skepticism and despair (or apathy) are satisfying alism a logical ternatives.Both lament the early modern rejection of the role of ^^^l l ^^^^^^' ^ tradition in enquiry.Such concepts as belief, authority, and the project possibility of speaking of the reality of moral and theological truths were, in the wake of Cartesian doubt, undermined and even…
Polanyi and the Role of Tradition in Scientific Inquiry
A characteristic of the modern mind is a disdain for tradition. Polanyi argues that neglecting the role of tradition leads to philosophical incoherence as well as moral and political chaos. Polanyi’s postcritical philosophy represents an attempt to show how tradition plays a vital role in the process of discovery. Ultimately, a coherent account of the sciences, as well as the humanities, is only possible when tradition is acknowledged as indispen…
The Limits of Liberalism
Power and Fury
A marriage made in hell. Where did they come from, these furiously self-righteous "social justice warriors"? The growing radicalism and intolerance on the American left is the result of the strange union of Nietzsche's "will to power" and a secularized Puritan moralism. In this penetrating study, Mark T. Mitchell explains how this marriage made in hell gave birth to a powerful and destructive political and social movement. Having declared that "G…
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