Meaning, Subjectivity, Society: Making Sense of ModernityThis book grapples with questions at the core of philosophy and social theory Who am I? Who are we? How are we to live? That is, questions of what humans are capable of, the nature of our relationships to each other and to the world around us, and how we should live. They appear to be both prohibitive and seductive that they are ultimately irresolvable makes it tempting to leave them alone, yet we cannot do that either. This interdisciplinary investigation proceeds primarily as a dialogue with Cornelius Castoriadis and Charles Taylor. |
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Contents
Preface | |
Chapter One The Meaning of Meaning 9 | |
The psyche 100 | |
Chapter Two The Self 49 | |
Chapter Three The Subject 91 | |
The social individual 113 | |
Autonomy 117 | 10 |
Excursus on reality | 123 |
Chapter Four Towards Modernity | 129 |
Chapter Five Autonomy | 159 |
Chapter Six Reformulating the Project of Autonomy | 191 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meaning, Subjectivity, Society: Making Sense of Modernity Volume 22 of International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 |
| Author | Karl E. Smith |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2010 |
| ISBN | 9004181725, 9789004181724 |
| Length | 264 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / General Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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