Description: Genesis of Values, Paperback by Joas, Hans, ISBN 0745621546, ISBN-13 9780745621548, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth-century philosophy and social theory. Seeking to synthesize utilitarian and normativist approaches, Joas argues that only by appreciating the creative nature of human action can we understand how values and value commitments arise. Values, Joas suggests, arise in experiences of self-formation and self-transcendence. He arrives at this thesis by tracing the tensions in the work of thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Max Scheler and John Dewey. He goes on to explore the work of Charles Taylor, and concludes with an examination of postmodern challenges to the concept of identity and with a provocative critique of Habermas's treatment of the relation between the right and the good. Throughout th, Joas differentiates between values, norms and desires. He clarifies their respective role in the dynamics of human action, and explores how the ways we acquire values relate to the other ways in which we understand the world and ourselves. This important book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociology, social theory and philosophy.
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Book Title: Genesis of Values
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Genesis of Values
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Subject: History & Surveys / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Philosophy
Author: Hans Joas
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
