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Western Conceptions of the Individual - Softcover

Morris, Brian

 
9780854968015: Western Conceptions of the Individual

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive study of the varying conceptions of the human subject in the Western intellectual tradition. Although informed by an anthropological perspective, the author draws on material from all the major intellectual disciplines that have contributed to this tradition and offers biographical and theoretical vignettes of all the major Western scholars. By scrutinizing the classical texts of the Western tradition, he succeeds in delineating the differing conceptions of the human individual which emerge from these writings, and gives a guide to the most important ideas in Western cultural traditions.

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About the Author

Brian Morris Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,Goldsmiths College, University of London

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