Beyond Individualism: Reconstituting the Liberal Self

ISBN-13: 9780195073300 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 240 str.

Jack Crittenden

Opis

In the examination of the conception of human nature, a duality is commonly perceived--the liberal self as atomistic, self-contained, even selfish; and the communitarian self as socially situated and defined through its environment. Crittenden argues that neither view is acceptable, drawing on recent psychological research to expound on a theory of "compound individuality." This work includes a discussion of the compound individual as the self of liberalism, as well as a discussion of the sort of political organization that can generate personal identity constituted by liberal autonomy and communitarian sociality.

Recenzje

a significant contribution to the field of political theory