Quotes by : Nicholas Gane

... The political leader must constantly appraise and reappraise the means through which 'he can hope....

... Protestantism, in its quest for 'rational knowledge' of God's purpose and for an understanding of....

In The Inhuman... Lyotard, like Weber, reminds us of the distinction between technological development....

... Weber insists that the value of science is always to be questioned and not simply presupposed.......

... As Weber suggests, once science is employed to justify and enact ideal values, especially through....

... It is not possible, says Weber, to confer the objective validity of facts on the basis of a value-judgement;....

[Art] acts as 'an instrument allowing us to see through the gaps of dominant ideologies, and the source....

... With the 'death' of God worldly values proliferate, separate out and are drawn into endless conflict....

Science, while of value in so far as it can be used to address and even answer logical or technical questions,....

Lyotard develops and extends Weber's argument regarding the disenchantment of art to suggest the Western....