The Aporia of Freedom / Michal Roch Kaczmarczyk ; translated by Mikolaj Golubiewski and Jan Burzyński.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaczmarczyk, Michał Roch, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Golubiewski, Mikołaj, 1985- translator.

Burzyński, Jan, translator.

Series:

Theory workshop ; Volume 2.

Theory Workshop Series ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill nv, [2023]

Summary:

The book tackles the fundamental issue underlying all social theory by critically scrutinizing philosophical approaches prevalent in Western thought. After all, the problem of freedom founds the two key elements grounding any overarching reflection on social matters: causality and agency.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Visions of Freedom

1.1 Freedom as an Illusion: David Hume

1.2 Freedom as Belonging: Baruch Spinoza

1.3 Freedom as an Assumption: Immanuel Kant

Chapter 2 The Negated Aporia of Freedom

2.1 Freedom as Social Belonging: Émile Durkheim

2.2 Freedom as a Theoretical Problem: Talcott Parsons

2.3 Freedom as a Practical Problem: Niklas Luhmann

Chapter 3 The Acknowledged Aporia of Freedom

3.1 The Renaissance of Freedom: Rational Choice Theory

3.2 Implications of the Subjective Perspective: Raymond Boudon

3.3 The Choice of Values: Max Weber

Chapter 4 At the Source of Freedom

4.1 Basic Anxiety: Social Phenomenology

4.2 Freedom between People: Erving Goffman

4.3 Reconstructions of Subjectivity: Paul Ricoeur, Michel Foucault

Chapter 5 Freedom by Belief

5.1 Belief in Scientific Community: Charles Sanders Peirce

5.2 Belief in God: William James

5.3 Belief in the Act: George Herbert Mead

Chapter 6 Freedom as a Challenge

6.1 The Human Reality: Karl Marx

6.2 Theories of Practice: Pierre Bourdieu and Anthony Giddens

6.3 Freedom and Democracy: Antonio Gramsci, Cornelius Castoriadis

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Roch Kaczmarczyk, Michał The Aporia of Freedom

ISBN:

9789004540071

OCLC:

1369676911