The Genesis of Values
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The Genesis of Values / Die Entstehung der Werte
»Public and intellectual debates have long struggled with the concept of values and the difficulties of defining them. With The Genesis of Values, renowned theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of these difficulties in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth-century philosophy and social theory: Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Max Scheler, John Dewey, Georg Simmel, Charles Taylor, and Jürgen Habermas. Joas traces how these thinkers came to terms with the...
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»Public and intellectual debates have long struggled with the concept of values and the difficulties of defining them. With The Genesis of Values, renowned theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of these difficulties in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth-century philosophy and social theory: Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Max Scheler, John Dewey, Georg Simmel, Charles Taylor, and Jürgen Habermas. Joas traces how these thinkers came to terms with the idea of values, and then extends beyond them with his own comprehensive theory. Values, Joas suggests, arise in experiences in self-formation and self-transcendence. Only by appreciating the creative nature of human action can we understand how our values arise.« (book desription of the English edition by University of Chicago Press)
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgements
Formulating the Question
The Genesis of Values as Genealogy of Morality? (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James)
Collective Ecstasy (Émile Durkheim)
The Immanence of Transcendence (Georg Simmel)
The Value-Feeling and its Object (Max Scheler)
Shattering Intersubjectivity (John Dewey)
Identity and the Good (Charles Taylor)
The Concept of Self and its Postmodern Challenge
Values and Norms: The Good and the Right
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1997, 321 pages
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Hans Joas
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Hans Joas, born in 1948, is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin and professor of sociology and social thought at the University of Chicago.
Hans Joas
Author
Hans Joas, born in 1948, is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin and professor of...
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