The Unexpected in Action Ethics, Rationality, and Skills /
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| Summary: | XXVI, 170 p. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26793-2 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Reason and Rationality in Sociological Thought: Interpreting Human Action as a Problem
- Chapter 2. Superseding the Structural Dichotomy of the Holistic and Individualistic Approaches: Attempts and Statements
- Chapter 3. The Interpretation of Rationality in Human Action from Talcott Parsons, to Alfred Schütz and Jürgen Habermas
- Chapter 4. Rationality, Environment, and Complex Systems in the Theses of Niklas Luhmann
- Chapter 5. Rationalism, Irrationalism, and Pseudo-rationality in the Thinking of Karl Marx and Karl R. Popper
- Chapter 6. The theory of rational choice: potential and criticality
- Chapter 7. Towards the Supersession of Utilitarianism
- Chapter 8. The Upsurge of Postmodern Society and The Contributions of Bauman, Beck, and Sennett
- Chapter 9. Ethics, Rationality and Competences in Twenty-first Century Capitalism: The Perspective of Piketty, Nussbaum, and Morin. Conclusions. .