1 Season
15 Episode
Men of Ideas - Season 1 Episode 15 Philosophy: The Social Context (1978)
Watch Men of Ideas - Season 1 Episode 15 Philosophy: The Social Context Full Episodes Online Free Streamings GoMovies. World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and London School of Economics professor Ernest Gellner discuss contemporary philosophy, its historical and social backgrounds, and its role in modern society. Gellner examines the radical expansion of scientific knowledge and its dehumanizing effect on society as expressed by sociologist Max Weber. Marxism’s messianic expectation is blamed for its failure to reconstruct society. Gellner dismisses today’s philosophy of relativism as unworkable.
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary, Talk
- Studio : BBC Two
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- Director : Bryan Magee
- Cast : Bryan Magee
