The Decline of the Individual: Reconciling Autonomy with Community

by Mark D. White

This book explores the steady decline in the status of the individual in recent years and addresses common misunderstandings about the concept of individuality. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, technology, economics, philosophy, politics, and law, White explains how and why the individual has been devalued in the eyes of scholars, government leaders, and the public. He notes that developments in science have led to doubts about our cognitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319617494
• ISBN13: 9783319617497
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"