Debating humanity : towards a philosophical sociology /

Debating humanity : towards a philosophical sociology /

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Author / Creator:	Chernilo, Daniel, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 262 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Humanism. Human beings. Philosophical anthropology. Human beings. Humanism. Philosophical anthropology. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11660262

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ISBN:	9781316996140 131699614X 9781316416303 1316416305 9781316996065 1316996069 1316996123 9781316996126 1107129338 9781107129337 1107569869 9781107569867 (paperback) 9781316996027 1316996026 9781316996041 1316996042
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 18, 2017).
Summary:	An original approach to the question 'what is a human being?', examining key ideas of leading contemporary sociologists and philosophers.
Other form:	Print version: Debating humanity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 1107129338 9781107129337

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Humanism Debate Revisited. Sartre, Heidegger, Derrida; 2 Self-transcendence. Hannah Arendt; 3 Adaptation. Talcott Parsons; 4 Responsibility. Hans Jonas; 5 Language. Jürgen Habermas; 6 Strong Evaluations. Charles Taylor; 7 Reflexivity. Margaret Archer; 8 Reproduction of Life. Luc Boltanski; Epilogue; References; Index.