Understanding agency
social theory and responsible action
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Word Count
40,750 words, Guess
Page Count
163 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6896316M
- ISBN-100761963677
- OCLC Control Number42621320
- OCLC Control Numberunderstandingage0000barn
- Library of Congress Control Number00698021
and 2 more
- LibraryThing8782055
- Goodreads4241326
Classifications
- DDC302/.1
- LCCBJ1451 .B355 2000
Description
"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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