1st Edition
Recovering the Self Morality and Social Theory
By Victor Jeleniewski Seidler
Copyright 1994
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This important book seeks to place questions of morality and justice at the heart of social theory. By exploring the works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber it shows the hidden complexities of a modernity too often identified with a unified vision of the rational self later to fall apart into fragments within postmodernity. Reinstating the body and emotional life, Seidler sets new terms for... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Morality; Chapter 3 Modernity; Chapter 4 Authority; Chapter 5 Needs and desires; Chapter 6 Ideology; Chapter 7 Identities; Chapter 8 Contradictions; Chapter 9 Empowerment; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex;
Biography
Victor J. Seidler is Reader in Social Theory, Goldsmiths' College, University of London.
