Structural idealism :a theory of social and historical explanation
- 作者: Mann, Doug,
- 出版: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press ©2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (ix, 309 pages).
- 標題: Philosophie. , Histoire Philosophie. , Sciences sociales , Idéalisme. , Philosophy. , Culture Philosophy. , Methodology. , Histoire , Social sciences Philosophy. , SOCIAL SCIENCE , SOCIAL SCIENCE Methodology. , Culture , Sciences sociales Philosophie. , History Philosophy. , Electronic books. , Sozialphilosophie , Culture Philosophie. , History , Social sciences , Idealismus , Idealism.
- ISBN: 0889207151 , 9780889207158
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. List of Charts; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Nature of Social Consciousness: A Theory of Mind; Chapter 2 Intention, Meaning, and Structure in Social Explanation; Chapter 3 A Structural Idealist Interpretation of Theories of Deviance; Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Past: A Structural Idealist Approach; Chapter 5 The Search for Depth Meaning as the Essence of Late Modernity; Chapter 6 The End of the Search for Depth Meaning as the Essence of Postmodernity; Chapter 7 A Secret History of the Liquid Body: Image and Counter-Image in Twentieth-Century Culture Chapter 8 The Contribution of Structural Idealism to Cultural CritiqueNotes; Bibliography; Index
- 摘要: Within History and social theory there is a fundamental division of opinion between those who explain human action by considering the intentions, reasons and motives of individuals, and those who use broader social structures. Structural Idealism presents a theory of social and historical explanation which argues that 'idealists' such as Hegel, who champion human agency, and 'materialists' such as Marx, who support social structure, have grasped but part of a larger truth. The book contends that we have to explain human actions simultaneously by both the ideas human actors bring to a situation and the way that previous actions have created social structures that condition those ideas. Through this realization we can see how all forms of knowledge, from the historical roots of modern philosophy to today's popular culture, both condition and are conditioned by structural ideals.; This book challenges our perception of how cultures and ideals are formed, and shows that while structural ideals allow people to co-operate as they work toward goals - their own or those of their community - these images of perfection, so easily accepted as the unalterable structure of our society, can be changed, and are changed, by individuals. Structural Idealism asks us to think beneath the surface of our society, and will be of special interest to philosophers, sociologists, historians, and cultural theorists.
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Do we determine our actions, or are our actions ruled by the structure of our society? Does our culture create us, or do we create our culture? Within history and social theory there is a fundamental division of opinion between those who explain human action by considering the intentions, reasons and motives of individuals and those who use broader social structures. Structural Idealism presents a theory of social and historical explanation which argues that “idealists” such as Hegel, who champion human agency, and “materialists” such as Marx, who support social structure, have grasped but part of a larger truth. The book contends that we have to explain human actions simultaneously by both the ideas human actors bring to a situation and the way in which previous actions have created social structures that condition those ideas. Through this realization we can see how all forms of knowledge, from the historical roots of modern philosophy to today’s popular culture, both condition and are conditioned by structural ideals. This book challenges our perception of how cultures and ideals are formed, and shows that while structural ideals allow people to co-operate as they work toward goals — their own or those of their community — these images of perfection, so easily accepted as the unalterable structure of our society, can be changed, and are changed, by individuals. Structural Idealism asks us to think beneath the surface of our society, and will be of special interest to philosophers, sociologists, historians and cultural theorists.
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