Structural idealism : a theory of social and historical explanation / Douglas Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Doug, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Idealism.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 structu

Contents:

Contents; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610925544

9781280925542

128092554X

9780889207158

0889207151

9781417544578

1417544570

OCLC:

753479535