03265nam 2200685Ia 450 991078343500332120231206202736.01-280-92554-X97866109255440-88920-715-11-4175-4457-0(CKB)1000000000238657(EBL)685751(OCoLC)753479535(SSID)ssj0000252596(PQKBManifestationID)11237367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252596(PQKBWorkID)10180616(PQKB)11427854(OCoLC)123458800(MdBmJHUP)muse14420(Au-PeEL)EBL685751(CaPaEBR)ebr10135343(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/dp1dh4(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402482(MiAaPQ)EBC685751(MiAaPQ)EBC3243720(EXLCZ)99100000000023865720020206d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStructural idealism[electronic resource] a theory of social and historical explanation /Douglas MannWaterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc20021 online resource (322 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-88920-391-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CultureChapter 8 The Contribution of Structural Idealism to Cultural CritiqueNotes; Bibliography; Index 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 and historical explanation which argues that ""idealists"" such as Hegel, who champion human agency, and ""materialists"" such as Marx, who support social structuSocial sciencesPhilosophyHistoryPhilosophyIdealismCulturePhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophy.HistoryPhilosophy.Idealism.CulturePhilosophy.300/.1Mann Doug1955-1481731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783435003321Structural idealism3698841UNINA