Universalism and Ambiguosness
Comments on Wagar ' S Praxis of World Integration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12433639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teivo Teivainen (0000-0001-7620-4999, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Pages | 112-116 |
| Publication date | 1996-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5195/jwsr.1996.65 |
| OpenAlex | W2221060575 |
| Language | EN |
Theoretical discourses that emphasize difference, fragmentation and contingency have presented various challenges to the social sciences of today. The political implications of these discourses have generally been expressed in rather vague terms and often simply left unspecified. In this context, W. Warren Wagar's bold and provocative defence of the universalist values of the European Enlightenment is a most welcome contribution
Context (archaeology · Contingency · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Social science · Sociology · Universalism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |