Dilthey's Dream: Essays on human nature and culture

by Derek Freeman

With great eloquence, Derek Freeman takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the complexities of philosophical anthropology. Even while the controversial Nature-Nurture debate raged, Freeman contended that the crucial fact that humans had the capacity to make choices was 'both intrinsic to our biology and basic to the very formation of cultures'. Thus the scene was set for his widely publicised criticism of Margaret Mead's book Coming of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922144800
• ISBN13: 9781922144805
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"