LEADER 03197nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910450162903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-92554-X 010 $a9786610925544 010 $a0-88920-715-1 010 $a1-4175-4457-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000238657 035 $a(EBL)685751 035 $a(OCoLC)753479535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000252596 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252596 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180616 035 $a(PQKB)11427854 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685751 035 $a(OCoLC)123458800 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135343 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000238657 100 $a20020206d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStructural idealism$b[electronic resource] $ea theory of social and historical explanation /$fDouglas Mann 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-88920-391-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 8 The Contribution of Structural Idealism to Cultural CritiqueNotes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a 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 structu 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aIdealism 606 $aCulture$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aIdealism. 615 0$aCulture$xPhilosophy. 676 $a300/.1 700 $aMann$b Doug$f1955-$0985153 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450162903321 996 $aStructural idealism$92251654 997 $aUNINA