Margaret S. Archer (University of Warwick)

Being Human

The Problem of Agency

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The human subject is under threat from postmodernist thinking which has declared the 'Death of God' and the 'Death of Man'. This book is a revindication of the concept of humanity, rejecting contemporary theory that seeks to diminish human properties and powers and asserting the primacy of practice over language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780521795647
• ISBN-10: 0521795648
• Artikelnr.: 21048769

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Impoverishment of Humanity: 1. Resisting the dissolution of humanity
2. Modernity's man
3. Society's Being: humanity as the gift of society
Part II. The Emergence of Self Consciousness: 4. The primacy of practice
5. The practical order as pivotal
Part III. The Emergence of Personal Identity: 6. Humanity and reality: emotions as commentaries on human concerns
7. Personal identity: the inner conversation and emotional elaboration
Part IV. The Emergence of Social Identity: 8. Agents: active and passive
9. Actors and commitment
Conclusion.