The Politics of Rationality

The Politics of Rationality differs from other books with "reason" or ¿rationality¿ due to its historical, political, depth-psychological, and multidisciplinary approach to understanding Reason through History. Charles P. Webel eloquently clarifies the links among ideas, their creators, the relevant mental processes, and the political cultures within which such important concepts as reasons and rationality take hold. He demonstrates how reason and rationality/irrationality have become what they mean for us today and proposes a way to rethink reason and rationality in light of the critiques leveled against them.