Hubert J. M. Hermans (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

Liberation in the Face of Uncertainty

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Produktbeschreibung

This book uses Dialogical Self Theory to analyse and respond to some of the most pressing problems emerging at the interface of self and society, including climate change, uncertainty, well-being, and the disenchantment of the world. It is for researchers in the fields of psychology, philosophy, sociology, and political theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781108844406
• ISBN-10: 1108844405
• Artikelnr.: 62355986

Autorenporträt

Hubert J. M. Hermans is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He is known internationally as the founder of Dialogical Self Theory, which has been applied in over 90 countries. Hermans has authored or edited over 40 books, including The Dialogical Self: Meaning as Movement co-authored with Harry J. G. Kempen (1993), Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory co-edited with Thorsten Gieser (Cambridge, 2012), and Citizenship Education and the Personalization of Democracy co-authored with Rob Bartels (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Playing with Plato
2. Centralization and decentralization of the self throughout the history of philosophy
3. The other as heaven and hell: the positional basis of dialogue
4. Re-enchantment of the world
5. Imprisonment and liberation of the self
6. Uncertainty in the self
7. Multiple well-being and other-inclusive happiness.