Moral, Believing Animals - Human Personhood and Culture (Hardcover, New)

What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? In Moral, Believing Animals, Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory. Smith's work is based on the assumption (unfashionable in certain circles) that human beings have an identifiable and peculiar set of capacities and proclivities that distinguishes them significantly from other animals on this planet. Smith argues that all people are at bottom believers, whose lives, actions, and institutions are constituted, motivated, and governed by narrative traditions and moral orders on which they inescapably depend. This approach - which has profound consequences for how we think about knowledge, culture, social action, institutions, religion, and the task of social sciences - will be of interest to scholars in sociology, social theory, religious and cultural studies, psychology, and anthropology.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	July 2003
Authors:	Christian Smith (Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sociology)
Dimensions:	216 x 147 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	172
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516202-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-516202-1
Barcode:	9780195162028

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