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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818380503321

Autore

Barnes Barry <1943->

Titolo

Understanding agency : social theory and responsible action / / Barry Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, 2000

London : , : SAGE, , 2000

ISBN

1-4462-1914-3

0-585-30856-X

1-4462-3946-2

1-282-55949-4

9786612559495

1-84860-904-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 163 pages)

Disciplina

302.01

Soggetti

Responsibility

Agent (Philosophy)

Sociology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Materials and arguments -- pt. 2. Speculations and evaluations.

Sommario/riassunto

In this commentary on the future direction of social theory and its application, Barry Barnes argues that social theory has spent too long focusing on individual freedom, and neglecting the social context in which all individual actions are situated.