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One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory.

Table of Contents
Preface.

Formulating the Question.

The Genesis of Values as Genealogy of Morality? (Friedrich Nietzsche).

The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James).


Collective Ecstacy (Emile Durkhein).

The Immanence of Transcendence (Georg Simmel).


The Value-Feeling and its Object (Max Scheler).

Shattering Intersubjectivity (John Dewey).

Identity and the Good (Charles Taylor).

The Concept of Self and its Postmodern Challenge.

Values and Norms: the Good and the Right.

Notes.

Bibliography

The Genesis of Values

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 10 February 2000
      ISBN-13 9780745621548
      978-0745621548
      ISBN-10 0745621546
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      Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Formulating the Question.

      The Genesis of Values as Genealogy of Morality? (Friedrich Nietzsche).

      The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James).


      Collective Ecstacy (Emile Durkhein).

      The Immanence of Transcendence (Georg Simmel).


      The Value-Feeling and its Object (Max Scheler).

      Shattering Intersubjectivity (John Dewey).

      Identity and the Good (Charles Taylor).

      The Concept of Self and its Postmodern Challenge.

      Values and Norms: the Good and the Right.

      Notes.

      Bibliography

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