Love, friendship, and the self : intimacy, identification, and the social nature of persons /
Recent Western thought has consistently emphasized the individualistic strand in our understanding of persons at the expense of the social strand. Thus, it is generally thought that persons are self-determining and autonomous, where these are understood to be capacities we exercise most fully on our...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Recent Western thought has consistently emphasized the individualistic strand in our understanding of persons at the expense of the social strand. Thus, it is generally thought that persons are self-determining and autonomous, where these are understood to be capacities we exercise most fully on our own, apart from others, whose influence on us tends to undermine that autonomy. Love, Friendship, and the Self argues that we must reject a strongly individualistic conceptionof persons if we are to make sense of significant interpersonal relationships and the importance they can have in our lives. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191573262 0191573264 9780191722387 0191722383 |