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Book Title
Genesis of Values,Hans Joas
ISBN
9780745621548
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
The Genesis of Values
Item Height
228mm
Author
Hans Joas
Publisher
Polity Press
Item Width
153mm
Subject
Sociology
Item Weight
390g
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth-century philosophy and social theory. Seeking to synthesize utilitarian and normativist approaches, Joas argues that only by appreciating the creative nature of human action can we understand how values and value commitments arise. Values, Joas suggests, arise in experiences of self-formation and self-transcendence. He arrives at this thesis by tracing the tensions in the work of thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Max Scheler and John Dewey. He goes on to explore the work of Charles Taylor, and concludes with an examination of postmodern challenges to the concept of identity and with a provocative critique of Habermas's treatment of the relation between the right and the good. Throughout the book, Joas differentiates between values, norms and desires. He clarifies their respective role in the dynamics of human action, and explores how the ways we acquire values relate to the other ways in which we understand the world and ourselves. This important book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociology, social theory and philosophy.

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Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-13
9780745621548
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Author
Hans Joas
Publication Name
The Genesis of Values
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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Item Height
228mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
390g

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Hans Joas
Topic
Popular Philosophy
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