Rethinking Our World (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

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Does life have meaning for you? Is it possible to create meaning? Do you think life is worth living?

These questions, taken from the text of Rethinking our World, challenge the reader to look critically and creatively at the many of society’s traditional beliefs. They encourage reader to look at their world differently by asking questions about change, identity and direction.

The following major philosophies are covered on an introductory and interactive level:

• Logical empiricism
• Critical rationalism
• Critical theory
• Postmodernism
• Feminism
• African philosophy
• Ken Wilber’s Holon theory

The authors outline the major figures and basic principles of each philosophy, then analyse the type of thinking each approach encourages. They go on to challenge readers to examine ways in which the different approaches can be used to understand their world.