In the book "The World and Us," Roberto Mangabeira Unger advocates for a renewal of philosophy. Its central theme is transcendence - everything in our existence points beyond itself - and its relation to our finitude: everything that surrounds us and ourselves is incomplete and ephemeral. He asks how we can live so that we die only once, instead of dying many small times. How can we breathe new life and meaning into the revolutionary movement that has unsettled humanity for the last three centuries, but now has weakened and wanders? How can we understand ourselves without claiming a miraculous exception for humanity from the general rule of nature? For Unger, philosophy must be a mind on fire, insisting on our priority to talk about what is most important. From this perspective, he redefines each of the traditional aspects of philosophy, from ontology and epistemology to ethics and politics. He transforms metaphysics into an exploration of the struggle between the two most powerful contemporary moral visions: a moral improvisation and noncompliance, and a moral human connection and responsibility. And he turns political philosophy into a program of profound freedom, showing how to democratize the market, activate democratic politics, and empower the individual worker and citizen to thrive amidst continuous innovation.

• Pages: 640
• Year of Publication: 0430
• Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm