Margaret S. Archer

Being Human

The Problem of Agency

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A revindication of the concept of humanity and the primacy of practice over language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780521791755
• ISBN-10: 0521791758
• Artikelnr.: 25686190

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.