The Unexpected in Action Ethics, Rationality, and Skills /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cocozza, Antonio (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XXVI, 170 p.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
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. .