On Willing Selves

Release on 2007-08-30 | by S. Maasen

Thus the self, the conscious, volitional individual and its agency have come
under attack – and not for the first time! ... These debates rest on the assumption
that the self, the acting, willing, and reflecting self, needs to be more than just a ...

Author: S. Maasen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9780230592087
Category: Philosophy
Page: 234
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On Willing Selves

The neurosciences propose that the concept of will is scientifically untenable - it is our brain rather than our 'self' that controls our choices. Yet we seem to be confronted with increasing free choice in all areas of life. Using up-to-date empirical research in the social sciences and philosophy, this volume addresses the seeming contradiction.

Language: en
Pages: 234

On Willing Selves

Authors: S. Maasen, B. Sutter

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-30 - Publisher: Springer

Language: en
Pages: 224

Precarity and Ageing

Authors: Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson, Richard A. Settersten Jr.

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-15 - Publisher:

This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people.

Language: en
Pages: 246

Laboring Bodies and the Quantified Self

Authors: Ulfried Reichardt, Regina Schober

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-31 - Publisher: transcript Verlag

The body has become central to practices of self-tracking. By focusing on the relations between quantification, the body, and labor, this volume sheds light on the ways in which discourses on data collection and versions of the ›corporate self‹ are instrumental in redefining concepts of labor, including notions of immaterial

Language: en
Pages: 240

Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness

Authors: Morten Knudsen, Werner Vogd

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-30 - Publisher: Routledge

Modern societies and organizations are characterized by multiple kinds of observations, systems, or rationalities, rather than singular identities and clear hierarchies. This holds true for healthcare where we find a range of different perspectives – from medicine to education, from science to law, from religion to politics – brought together

Language: en
Pages: 233

New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions

Authors: Graham Scambler, Sasha Scambler

Categories: Political Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

This book charts the new directions in theory and research in disability studies, giving purpose and shape to the emerging confluence of ideas between traditionally opposed groups.