Self-construction and the formation of human values : truth, language, and desire / Teodros Kiros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiros, Teodros, 1951-

Series:

Contributions in philosophy ; no. 65.

Contributions in philosophy, 0084-926X ; no. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Philosophy).

Self (Philosophy).

Values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a theoretical defense of the potential of ordinary individuals to construct values and through them to become self-empowering, responsible participants in a democratic community. Rather than conceiving of power as domination, the author identifies true power as self-empowerment, a notion based on self-construction. He proposes the vision of an authentically free self filled with a compassion that is a composite of reason and feeling. Such a composite self does not consciously manipulate language, truth, and desire to dominate and subordinate other individuals, but uses them to construct values and norms that can enrich others. To support his argument the author draws on both classical and contemporary philosophers, as well as on literary sources.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.

ISBN:

9798216012573

9780313030222

0313030227

OCLC:

179084742