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Being Human: The Problem of Agency

By Margaret S. Archer

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521795648, 9780521795647, 0521791758, 9780521791755, 9780511013102
Open Library ID
OL7754138M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1409687 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
336\335
Topic
Biology Genetics
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

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 social theory that seeks to diminish human properties and powers. Archer argues that being human depends on an interaction with the real world in which practice takes primacy over language in the emergence of human self-consciousness, thought, emotionality and personal identity--all of which are prior to, and more basic than, our acquisition of a social identity.

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