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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Real Mind
    sub title: The Life and Work of Axel Hägerström
  name:
    name part: Mindus, Patricia.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 271 p. 1 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This comprehensive presentation of Axel Hägerström (1868-1939) fills a void in nearly a century of literature, providing both the legal and political scholar and the non-expert reader with a proper introduction to the father of Scandinavian realism. Based on his complete work, including unpublished material and personal correspondence selected exclusively from the Uppsala archives, A Real Mind follows the chronological evolution of Hägerström’s intellectual enterprise and offers a full account of his thought. The book summarizes Hägerström’s main arguments while enabling further critical assessment, and tries to answer such questions as: If norms are neither true nor false, how can they be adequately understood on the basis of Hägerström’s theory of knowledge? Did the founder of the Uppsala school uphold emotivism in moral philosophy? What consequences does such a standpoint have in practical philosophy? Is he really the inspiration behind Scandinavian state absolutism? A Real Mind places the complex web of issues addressed by Hägerström within the broader context of 20th century philosophy, stretching from epistemology to ethics. His philosophy of law is examined in the core chapters of the book, with emphasis on the will-theory and the relation between law and power. The narrative is peppered with vignettes from Hägerström’s life, giving an insightful and highly readable portrayal of a thinker who put his imprint on legal theory. The appendix provides a selected bibliography and a brief synopsis of the major events in his life, both private and intellectual. "The work offers an excellent reconstruction of Hägerström’s work and life, and presents his personal and intellectual evolution balancing perfectly the chronological and the systematic dimensions." Liborio L. Hierro, Professor of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain "The book is excellently-sourced, always well-argued, and makes a case for a revival of interest in Hägerström. I…
  table of contents: An Obscure Man of Thought -- A Real Conversion: Hägerström on Theoretical Philosophy -- The Value of a Chair: The Moral Teachings -- A Lawyer Honoris Causa: Criticising the Will-theory -- A Realist Awakening: The Hidden Clockwork of Law -- The Father of Scandinavian State Absolutism? Hägerström on Politics -- The Final Studies.
  note: by Patricia Mindus.
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Political science
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy and social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Political philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Law
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Law
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: History of Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Law
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History
  subject:
    topic: Political Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  classification: B108-5802
  classification: 180-190
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Law and Philosophy Library, 87
  identifier: 9789048128952
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2895-2
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    record creation date: 100715
    record change date: 20151204172247.0
    record identifier: 978-90-481-2895-2