Recovering the Self: Morality and Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415111515 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str.

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler;Victor Jeleniewski Seidler

Opis

Seeks to place questions of morality and justice at the heart of social theory. By exploring the works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber this work shows the hidden complexities of a modernity too often identified with a unified vision of the rational self, later to fall apart within postmodernity.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Morality; Chapter 3 Modernity; Chapter 4 Authority; Chapter 5 Needs and desires; Chapter 6 Ideology; Chapter 7 Identities; Chapter 8 Contradictions; Chapter 9 Empowerment; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex;

O autorze

Victor J. Seidler is Reader in Social Theory, Goldsmiths' College, University of London.