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To Flourish or Destruct - A Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, and Evil (Paperback)
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To Flourish or Destruct - A Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, and Evil (Paperback)
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In his 2010 book What Is a Person?, Christian Smith argued that
sociology had for too long neglected this fundamental question.
Prevailing social theories, he wrote, do not adequately "capture
our deep subjective experience as persons, crucial dimensions of
the richness of our own lived lives, what thinkers in previous ages
might have called our 'souls' or 'hearts.'" Building on Smith's
previous work, To Flourish or Destruct examines the motivations
intrinsic to this subjective experience: Why do people do what they
do? How can we explain the activity that gives rise to all human
social life and social structures? Smith argues that our actions
stem from a motivation to realize what he calls natural human
goods: ends that are, by nature, constitutionally good for all
human beings. He goes on to explore the ways we can and do fail to
realize these ends-a failure that can result in varying gradations
of evil. Rooted in critical realism and informed by work in
philosophy, psychology, and other fields, Smith's ambitious book
situates the idea of personhood at the center of our attempts to
understand how we might shape good human lives and societies.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2021 |
Authors: |
Christian Smith
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-75992-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-226-75992-X |
Barcode: |
9780226759920 |
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