What is a person? This fundamental question is a perennial
concern of philosophers and theologians. But, Christian Smith here
argues, it also lies at the center of the social scientist's quest
to interpret and explain social life. In this ambitious book, Smith
presents a new model for social theory that does justice to the
best of our humanistic visions of people, life, and society.
Finding much current thinking on personhood to be confusing or
misleading, Smith finds inspiration in critical realism and
personalism. Drawing on these ideas, he constructs a theory of
personhood that forges a middle path between the extremes of
positivist science and relativism. Smith then builds on the work of
Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, and William Sewell to demonstrate
the importance of personhood to our understanding of social
structures. From there he broadens his scope to consider how we can
know what is good in personal and social life and what sociology
can tell us about human rights and dignity.
Innovative, critical, and constructive, " What Is a Person?" offers
an inspiring vision of a social science committed to pursuing
causal explanations, interpretive understanding, and general
knowledge in the service of truth and the moral good.
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