Description
| Product ID: | 9781784743284 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Metaphysical Animals |
| Subtitle: | How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life |
| Authors: | Author: Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, History, Western philosophy from c 1800, Ethics and moral philosophy, History of ideas, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Ethics & moral philosophy, History of ideas, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating **AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S BOOK OF THE WEEK***Picked as a Guardian read for summer 2022*'In philosophy, one must start from scratch - & it takes a very long time to reach scratch'Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe were philosophy students at Oxford during the Second World War when most male undergraduates (and many tutors) were conscripted. Taught by refugee scholars, women and conscientious objectors, the four friends developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. How, they asked, do we find our way through the devastation of what we have created? Not even the great thinkers of the past or the logical innovators and Existentialists of the early twentieth century could make sense of this new human reality. So, in search of an answer, the four friends set out to bring philosophy back to life. Written with expertise and flair, Metaphysical Animals is a vivid blend of philosophy and recovered history - bringing back the women who shared ideas, as well as sofas, shoes and even lovers. Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman show how from the disorder and despair of the war, four brilliant friends reinvigorated philosophy and created a way of ethical thinking that remains with us today. '[A] splendidly entertaining book, fizzing with character and incident' Spectator'Invigorating... told with terrific fluency and humour' Sunday Times **AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4''S BOOK OF THE WEEK** |
| Imprint Name: | Chatto & Windus |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-02-03 |
