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(Praxeology) - Power: The Political Dimension of Human Action - '..the full power of global knowledge can be harnessed..'

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'Infantino shows how the theory and practice of the free market is based on a revolutionary theory of knowledge, one that believes that each individual excels in his own particular field and has more knowledge than anybody else. Then the full power of global knowledge can be harnessed through the freest exchange of all particular knowledge, which enriches each other in the mutual contact.'

- Francesco Sisci, East-West divide starts here, May 14, 2013



'Why is that in the West the pursuit of perfect knowledge and the analysis of power are unrelated, and what does the later development of capitalism, which has revolutionized our world, have to do with all this?'

'While Chinese philosophy focused on the dynamics of power, Western philosophy was concerned with knowledge..

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Why is that in the West the pursuit of perfect knowledge and the analysis of power are unrelated, and what does the later development of capitalism, which has revolutionized our world, have to do with all this?

In a formidable new book, Potere, la dimensione politica dell'azione umana (Power: The Political Dimension of Human Action) (Rubettino, 2013), Lorenzo Infantino possibly for the first time realigns these three elements of the Western tradition.

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Infantino shows how the theory and practice of the free market is based on a revolutionary theory of knowledge..'

- Francesco Sisci, East-West divide starts here, May 14, 2013



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‘..disregarded the subjectivist revolution..’