{"product_id":"the-genesis-of-values-hardback-9780745621531","title":"The Genesis of Values (Hardback) 9780745621531","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Genesis of Values\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHans Joas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745621531, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 October 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.51 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\"\u003eOne 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues, 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 the book, 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociology, social theory and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eFormulating the Question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Genesis of Values as Genealogy of Morality? (Friedrich Nietzsche).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Varieties of Religious Experience (William James).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Collective Ecstacy (Emile Durkhein).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Immanence of Transcendence (Georg Simmel).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Value-Feeling and its Object (Max Scheler).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShattering Intersubjectivity (John Dewey).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentity and the Good (Charles Taylor).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Concept of Self and its Postmodern Challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues and Norms: the Good and the Right.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\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":52406560522520,"sku":"9780745621531","price":49.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745621531.jpg?v=1784140104","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-genesis-of-values-hardback-9780745621531","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}