The self and social relations

The central subject of this thesis is the nature of the self. I argue against an atomistic conception which takes the human self to exist self-sufficiently and prior to social relations, and in favour of a holistic conception which takes the self to be constitutively dependent on social relations. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whittingham, Matthew
Other Authors: Sayers, Sean
Published: University of Kent 2014
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638481