The book recasts the concept of estrangement as `reason in an unreasonable form', traces its development in writings of Kant, Hegel, and Marx, supplies a game-theoretic reconstruction of it, and assesses its significance for a critical understanding of John Rawls's philosophy.

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University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, USA

Julius Sensat

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Julius Sensat is Professor Emeritus in the philosophy department at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, USA.

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Book Title: The Logic of Estrangement
Book Subtitle: Reason in an Unreasonable Form
Authors: Julius Sensat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56558-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57642-5Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56558-7Published: 29 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 213
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Critical Theory, Ethics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Kantian Morality and Estrangement

Hegel: Actualization of the Free Will

Marx: Economic Estrangement

Marx: Prices and the Rate of Profit

Strategic Estrangement

Rawls: Toward a Well-Ordered Society

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