{"product_id":"rethinking-the-western-understanding-of-the-self-paperback-9780521757072","title":"Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self (Paperback) 9780521757072","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking the Western Understanding of the Self\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUlrich Steinvorth offers a fresh analysis and critique of rationality as a defining element in Western thinking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUlrich Steinvorth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521757072, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUlrich Steinvorth offers a fresh analysis and critique of rationality as a defining element in Western thinking. Steinvorth argues that Descartes' understanding of the self offers a more plausible and realistic alternative to the prevailing understanding of the self formed by the Lockean conception and utilitarianism. When freed from Cartesian dualism, such a conceptualization enables us to distinguish between self and subject. Moreover, it enables us to understand why individualism – one of the hallmarks of modernity in the West – became a universal ideal to be granted to every member of society; how acceptance of this notion could peak in the seventeenth century; and why it is now in decline, though not irreversibly so. Most importantly, the Cartesian concept of the self presents a way of saving modernity from the dangers that it now encounters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. The West and the self\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Basics of Philosophical Psychology: 2. Heideggerian and Cartesian self\u003cbr\u003e 3. Free will\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cartesian, Lockean and Kantian self\u003cbr\u003e 5. Extraordinariness and the two stages of rationality\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Cartesian Self in History: 6. The cause and content of modernity\u003cbr\u003e 7. The second-stage rationality in history\u003cbr\u003e 8. Economic rationality\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Cartesian self in the 20th century\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Value Spheres: 10. A diagnosis and therapy for modernity\u003cbr\u003e 11. Value spheres defined and the state\u003cbr\u003e 12. The serving spheres\u003cbr\u003e 13. Technology\u003cbr\u003e 14. Utilitarian or Cartesian approach\u003cbr\u003e 15. The media and other professions\u003cbr\u003e 16. Science\u003cbr\u003e 17. Art and religion\u003cbr\u003e 18. Sport\u003cbr\u003e 19. Latin and absolute love\u003cbr\u003e Part V. A Self-Understanding Not Only for the West: 20. Liberty and equality\u003cbr\u003e 21. Harnessing extraordinariness\u003cbr\u003e 22. Cartesian modernity\u003cbr\u003e 23. The undivided universally developed individual\u003cbr\u003e 24. The end of history?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265005441304,"sku":"9780521757072","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521757072i.jpg?v=1692018877","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-the-western-understanding-of-the-self-paperback-9780521757072","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}