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The Subject of Human Being (Paperback)
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The Subject of Human Being (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
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The Subject of Human Being presents a sweeping account of the
nature of human existence. As a work of philosophical anthropology,
the analysis ranges from the basic powers emerging from the mind,
to our extraordinary psychological capacities, to the shared
sociocultural worlds we inhabit. The book integrates different
perspectives on social ontology from a selection of philosophers
and theorists, whose advances toward understanding the relationship
between individuals and society ought to revolutionize social
theory as understood and practiced in the social sciences and
humanities. Although grounded in critical realist philosophy of Roy
Bhaskar and the social theory of Margaret Archer, the book also
draws from philosophy of mind, phenomenology of consciousness,
psychoanalytic theory, virtue ethics, and personalism to support
and extend its arguments. Four elements of human existence are
examined: the nature of consciousness, agency, subjectivity, and
the social world. Thus, it addresses related issues of power, the
agent-structure problem, the formation of beliefs and desires,
human universals, and human rights. Portraying a unified social
theory that is materialist, realist, dialectical, and centered on
emergence, and offering a comprehensive and progressive theory of
human being, this book is essential reading for students and
scholars of critical realism, philosophy, and the social sciences.
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