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Mann Doug <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Structural idealism [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of social and historical explanation / / Douglas Mann |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002 |
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1-280-92554-X |
9786610925544 |
0-88920-715-1 |
1-4175-4457-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - Philosophy |
History - Philosophy |
Idealism |
Culture - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Charts; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Nature of Social Consciousness: A Theory of Mind; Chapter 2 Intention, Meaning, and Structure in Social Explanation; Chapter 3 A Structural Idealist Interpretation of Theories of Deviance; Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Past: A Structural Idealist Approach; Chapter 5 The Search for Depth Meaning as the Essence of Late Modernity; Chapter 6 The End of the Search for Depth Meaning as the Essence of Postmodernity; Chapter 7 A Secret History of the Liquid Body: Image and Counter-Image in Twentieth-Century Culture |
Chapter 8 The Contribution of Structural Idealism to Cultural CritiqueNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Do we determine our actions, or are our actions ruled by the structure of our society? Does our culture create us, or do we create our culture? Within history and social theory there is a fundamental division of opinion between those who explain human action by considering the intentions, reasons and motives of individuals and those who use broader social structures. Structural Idealism presents a theory of social |
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