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Understanding agency : social theory and responsible action /
"In this book, one of the leading commentators in the field argues that social theory is moving in the wrong direction in its reflections on human freedom and autonomy. It has borrowed notions of 'agency' and 'choice' from everyday discourse, but increasingly it puts a misco...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this book, one of the leading commentators in the field argues that social theory is moving in the wrong direction in its reflections on human freedom and autonomy. It has borrowed notions of 'agency' and 'choice' from everyday discourse, but increasingly it puts a misconceived individualistic gloss upon them. Against this, Barnes unequivocally identifies human beings as social agents in a profound sense, and emphasises the vital importance of their sociability. Notions of 'agency', 'freedom' and 'choice' have to be understood by reference to their role in communicative interaction; they are key components of the discourse through which human beings identify each other, and have effects upon each other, as social agents."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-160) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848609044 1848609043 058530856X 9780585308562 9781446219140 1446219143 |