Being human : the problem of agency /
The human subject is under threat from postmodernist thinking that 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 p...
| Основен автор: | Archer, Margaret Scotford. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=73092 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Being human. |
Съдържание:
- Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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.