Overview
In the examination of the conception of human nature, a duality is commonly perceived--the liberal self as atomistic, self-contained, even selfish; and the communitarian self as socially situated and defined through its environment. Crittenden argues that neither view is acceptable, drawing on recent psychological research to expound on a theory of "compound individuality." This work includes a discussion of the compound individual as the self of liberalism, as well as a discussion of the sort of political organization that can generate personal identity constituted by liberal autonomy and communitarian sociality.
- | Author: Jack Crittenden
- | Publisher: Oxford University Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 13, 1992
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0195073304
- | ISBN-13: 9780195073300
