Western Conceptions of the Individual |
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Author:
| Morris, Brian |
ISBN: | 978-0-85496-801-5 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Imprint: | Berg Publishers |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a comprehensive study of the varying conceptions of the human subject in the Western intellectual tradition. Although informed by an anthropological perspective, the author draws on material from all the major intellectual disciplines that have contributed to this tradition and offers biographical and theoretical vignettes of all the major Western scholars. By scrutinizing the classical texts of the Western tradition, he succeeds in delineating the differing conceptions of...
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This is a comprehensive study of the varying conceptions of the human subject in the Western intellectual tradition. Although informed by an anthropological perspective, the author draws on material from all the major intellectual disciplines that have contributed to this tradition and offers biographical and theoretical vignettes of all the major Western scholars. By scrutinizing the classical texts of the Western tradition, he succeeds in delineating the differing conceptions of the human individual which emerge from these writings, and gives a guide to the most important ideas in Western cultural traditions.