The Creativity of Action

by Hans Joas

Book Overview

Hans Joas is one of the foremost social theorists in Germany today. Based on Joas's celebrated study of George Herbert Mead, this work reevaluates the contribution of American pragmatism and European philosophical anthropology to theories of action in the social sciences. Joas also establishes direct ties between Mead's work and approaches drawn from German traditions of philosophical anthropology.

Joas argues for adding a third model of action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226400441
• ISBN13: 9780226400440
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"