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What is a person? : rethinking humanity, social life, and the moral good from the person up / Christian Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, Christian, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010. |
| Description | x, 518 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Initial arguments -- The emergence of personhood -- Key theoretical resources -- Critical engagements -- The reality of social construction -- Excursus: getting to truth -- Network structuralism's missing persons -- Persons and mechanisms (not) in variables sociology -- Constructive development -- The personal sources of social structures -- The good -- Human dignity -- Postscript. |
| Abstract | The task of understanding human beings, what we ourselves are, our constitution and condition, is a perennial problem in philosophy and related disciplines. Smith argues here that our understanding of human persons is threatened by technological development and capricious academic theories alike, seeking to deny or relativize the personhood of humanity. Smith's book puts a stake in the ground, in defense of a view of the human that is genuinely humanistic in the traditional sense and capable of sustaining with intellectual coherence things like modern human rights and universal benevolence. |
| Local note | Little-356762--3051310589642 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009041981 |
| ISBN | 9780226765914 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226765911 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BD450 .S558 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |