{"title":"Series: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tanner Lectures on Human Values\u003c\/strong\u003e explore profound questions at the intersection of philosophy, ethics, and human experience. This series invites readers to contemplate the moral dimensions of contemporary life, encouraging thoughtful reflection on values that shape societies and individual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in intellectual rigour yet accessible in style, the lectures offer insights that resonate across disciplines. Readers interested in politics, history, and the complexities of human nature will find these works a compelling journey into the ideas that define our shared humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nihilistic-times-by-wendy-brown-9780674301603","title":"Nihilistic Times","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Seminary Co-op Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What makes Brown's book especially well worth reading is her impressive ability to show how key themes in Weber's scholarship - including his emphasis on the defining characteristics of modernity... speak to our own time.\" - \u003cem\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Presses us to think more carefully and imaginatively about the relationships among human freedom, human value, and something beyond purely human concerns, be it truth, God, or Gaia.\" - \u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Worth reading…A timely reminder of the nihilistic air we breathe.\" - \u003cem\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Elegantly and concisely written…this insightful, thought-provoking book illuminates some objective culture factors contributing to the social division and degradation of public life in many democracies today.\" - \u003cem\u003eCritical Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow has politics become a playpen for vain demagogues? Why has the university become an ideological war zone? What has happened to Truth? Wendy Brown places nihilism at the centre of these predicaments. Emerging from the retreat of God and tradition in the face of science and reason, nihilism removes the foundation on which values, including that of truth, stand. It hyperpoliticises knowledge and renders the profound trivial, the future unimportant, and corruption banal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn search of remedies, Brown turns to Max Weber's Vocation Lectures. Weber famously decries the effects of nihilism on scholarly and political life and proposes to keep the two separate, restricting academic work to the pursuit of facts and the political realm to the legislation of values. Without accepting Weber's arch oppositions, Brown acknowledges the distinctions they mark as she charts reparative strategies for our own times. She calls for retrieving knowledge from hyperpoliticisation without expunging values from research or teaching, and she challenges the left to make good on its commitments to critical thinking and democratization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031800529132,"sku":"9780674301603","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1517913482428.jpg?v=1764149073"},{"product_id":"nihilistic-times-by-wendy-brown-9780674279384","title":"Nihilistic Times","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of America's leading political theorists analyses the nihilism degrading and confounding political and academic life today. Through readings of Max Weber's Vocation Lectures, she proposes ways to counter nihilism's devaluations of both knowledge and political responsibility.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow has politics become a playpen for vain demagogues? Why has the university become an ideological war zone? What has happened to truth? Wendy Brown places nihilism at the centre of these predicaments. Emerging from European modernity's replacement of God and tradition with science and reason, nihilism removes the foundation on which values, including that of truth itself, stand. It hyperpoliticises knowledge and reduces the political sphere to displays of narcissism and irresponsible power plays. It renders the profound trivial, the future unimportant, and corruption banal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo consider remedies for this condition, Brown turns to Weber's famous Vocation Lectures, delivered at the end of World War I. There, Weber himself decries the effects of nihilism on both scholarly and political life. He also spells out requirements for re-securing truth in the academy and integrity in politics. Famously opposing the two spheres to each other, he sought to restrict academic life to the pursuit of facts and reserve for the political realm the pursuit and legislation of values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithout accepting Weber's arch oppositions, Brown acknowledges the distinctions they aim to mark as she charts reparative strategies for our own times. She calls for retrieving knowledge from hyperpoliticisation without expunging values from research or teaching and reflects on ways to embed responsibility in radical political action. Above all, she challenges the left to make good on its commitment to critical thinking by submitting all values to scrutiny in the classroom and to make good on its ambition for political transformation by twinning a radical democratic vision with charismatic leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383942496492,"sku":"9780674279384","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1295723482428.jpg?v=1773389920"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/series-the-tanner-lectures-on-human-values.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}