Western Conceptions of the Individual

by Brian Morris and Brian Morris

This is a comprehensive study of the varying conceptions of the human subject in the Western intellectual tradition. Although informed by an anthropological perspective, the author draws on material from all the major intellectual disciplines that have contributed to this tradition and offers biographical and theoretical vignettes of all the major Western scholars. By scrutinizing the classical texts of the Western tradition, he succeeds in delineating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854968016
• ISBN13: 9780854968015
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"