Beyond Individualism: Reconstituting the Liberal Self

By Jack Crittenden

Book 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195073304
• ISBN13: 9780195073300
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"