The social myth and human domination of nature in Georg Sorel and Stanisław Brzozowski.
In this article I aim to bring to the fore a problematic trait of Polish philosopher Stanisław Brzozowski's (1878–1911) thinking, which is his insistence on the metaphysical importance of human domination of nature through work, technology, and maximization of production. The focal point of the arti...
| Publicado en: | Studies in East European Thought Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 93 - 111 |
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