The Book of Absolutes
A Critique of Relativism and a Defence of Universals
Format:Hardback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:21st Aug '08
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A lively challenge to postmodern opinion that reveals satisfying and reliable certainties.
Current dogma holds that all cultures and moral values are conditional, nothing human is innate, and Einstein proved that the whole universe is "relative." This title refutes the popular belief in cultural relativism by showing that there are hundreds of well-established cross-cultural "human universals."A lively challenge to postmodern opinion that reveals satisfying and reliable certainties
"Strikingly original and important." Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary "Gairdner's intellectual range and control his material is breathtaking ... almost no one writing today has the command of the literature in as many disciplines as this author has." Ian Gentles, York University
ISBN: 9780773534131
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 804g
416 pages