Who are we and what do we do as agents living together?
In We, Together, Hans Bernhard Schmid argues, first, that our living together is a joint activity. Joint activities involve shared intentions, and shared intentions have plural intentional subjects. We are, thus, the plural subjects of our shared intentions in the same way as we are the singular subjects of our individual intentions: through pre-reflective self-awareness. Just as there is no substantive, singular "self," "I," or ego, there is no substantive "we." In order to understand who we are, together, it is important to see that intentional subjects are a feature of intentionality.
Schmid continues with the assertion that the social worlds of roles and statuses, norms and structures, institutions and artifacts are our ways of living together. As such, the social worlds are determined neither by Nature nor Gods, but by us. What can be harmful, Schmid writes, is our frequent and systematic failure to understand our own place as both creatures and creators of social worlds. This brings We, Together back to our existence as plural intentional subjects. How we live together is up to us, together. The book suggests that understanding this might enable us to do better--to live well, better, together.
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We, Together offers an account of our living together in terms of joint activity. The book analyzes shared intention and explores how the social worlds of roles and statuses, norms and structures, institutions and artifacts are of our own making. Hans Bernhard Schmid illuminates obstacles to overcome in our attempts to do better--to live well, better, together.
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Contents
Preface: We who?
Introduction: Fundamental Social Ontology
I. Acting Together
1) Living Together
2) What's Shared in Shared Intention?
3) The Content of Shared Intention
4) The Subject of Shared Intention
5) The Mode of Shared Intention
6) So Who's "the We"?
II. We as Plural Subjects
7) What is an Intentional Subject?
8) The Case for Singularism
9) Why Pluralism?
10) Plural Self-Identification
11) We who? Kita!
12) Plural Self-Validation
13) Plural Self-Commitment
14) Plural Self-Authorization
15) Plural Intentional Subjects
III. Conceiving of Ourselves
16) Socialization: Joining in
17) Community: Being Together
18) Social Norms: Doing it Our Way
19) Society: Playing our Roles
20) Politics: Achieving Autonomy
21) Ethics: Owning up to Ourselves
Postscript: Philosophizing Together
References
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Hans Bernhard Schmid is Professor of Political and Social Philosophy at the University of Vienna. He received training in Sociology, Philosophy, and the History of the Middle Ages at the University of Basel, where he was also an SNRF Research Professor of Philosophy (2006-2011). Previous positions include Visiting Researcher with the Graduate Faculty at the New School for Social Research and Lecturer at the universities of St. Gallen, Basel, and
Freiburg. Schmid is a co-founder of the International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Ontology.
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Selling point: The first systematic treatment of Fundamental Social Ontology
Selling point: Provides thorough analysis of how the social world truly is "of our own making"
Selling point: A uniquely detailed examination of shared intentionality, a key concept of debate in contemporary philosophy and the social sciences
Selling point: Consists largely of new insights in social philosophy, but also efficiently synthesizes and explores insights published over the past 25 years
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ISBN
9780197563724
Publisert
2023
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Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
567 gr
Høyde
162 mm
Bredde
242 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
312
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