{"product_id":"subjectivity-transformed-the-cultural-foundation-of-liberty-in-modernity-hardback-9781509553358","title":"Subjectivity Transformed; The Cultural Foundation of Liberty in Modernity (Hardback) 9781509553358","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSubjectivity Transformed\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Cultural Foundation of Liberty in Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Vesting (Author), Neil Solomon (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509553358, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this highly original work the author sets out several ideal types of modern individuals and shows how each responds to a world of social and technological change. This thought-provoking analysis will be vital for academics and policy-makers alike.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Rosen, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a grand narrative, impressive in many ways, and a highly interesting contribution to socio-legal scholarship in both its social and legal capacities.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Law and Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been, latent in social practices, norms, and language before they are articulated in formal legal orders. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVesting argues that in Western societies legal personhood is closely tied to three ideal types of social personhood – what he calls the gentleman, the manager, and \u003ci\u003eHomo digitalis\u003c\/i\u003e. By examining these three ideal types and their emergence in society, we can see that Western formal law does not bring these ideal types into being but, on the contrary, they arise from the social and cultural conditions that they generate and reflect.  Correspondingly, Western legal personhood, or “legal subjectivity,” arises from the history and culture of Western nations, not the other way around. Therefore, signature features of Western formal law, particularly its valorization of the rights of persons (whether natural or nonnatural), come from the particular sociohistorical cultural developments that had already generated the strong ideas of social personhood inherent in the ideal types of the gentleman, the manager, and \u003ci\u003eHomo digitalis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubjectivity Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to legal and social theory and, with its original analysis of the formation of modern subjectivity, it will be of interest to students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 2 Instituting Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 3 Culture as an Orientation-Forming Symbol System\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. The Universalist Heritage of Cultural Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      II. The Dual Character of Modern Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      III. The Challenge of Information Technology \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 4 Creative Freedom as a Source of Cultural Dynamics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I.  Transsubjective Conditions of Subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. Imagination as Poetic Mimesis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. On the Event Character of the New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 5 Bourgeois Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I.  The Gentleman as a Personality Ideal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. The Technical Attitude to the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Early Modern Era as a Foundational Phase of Disruption\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fulfillment through Tireless Effort?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. The Social Body and the Body Politic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. Formation of the Subject – In the Mirror of Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V. Legal Subjectivity and the Practices of Liberty Instituted in Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VI. The Alien Claim and Disciplining Subjectification\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 6  The Anglo-American Variant: The Gentleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. Experimental Thinking and Useful Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. Sociability and Other Virtues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. The Mirror of Society Becomes Better Endowed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. Inclusive Institutions and Instituting Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 7 The Continental Variant: Honnête homme and Bildungsbürger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. The Sophisticated World of the Paris Salons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. The German Bildungsroman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. Subjectification as Subjugation and Empowerment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Invocation and Subjugation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Empowerment by Means of the State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 8 Managerial Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. The Rise of Large-Scale Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. The Research and Development Laboratory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. Trust between Strangers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            1. The Legacy of Spontaneous Sociability\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. From the Inner-Directed to the Other-Directed Individual?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. Managers in America and Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The American Manager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Senior Executives in Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V.   Annex: Images of Corporate Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 9  The Culture of Information Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I.   Homo Digitalis and the Theory of the Network Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II.  The Regional High-Tech Cluster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. The Organization of Economic Production\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dissolution of Conventional Corporate Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Collective Learning through Informal Institutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Continuous Experimentation: New Contract Models\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. On the Environmentalization of Legal Subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Paradigms of the Development of Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the Intelligibility of IT Milieus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Ecotechnological Dimension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V. The Relevance of Instituting Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e § 10 Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52516141236504,"sku":"9781509553358","price":49.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509553358.jpg?v=1786676637","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/subjectivity-transformed-the-cultural-foundation-of-liberty-in-modernity-hardback-9781509553358","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}