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