Essays on Individualism Modern Ideology in Anthropological Perspective

Name: Essays on Individualism Modern Ideology in Anthropological Perspective
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ISBN: 9780226169583

ISBN-10: 0226169588

ISBN-13: 9780226169583

Edition: 1986 (Reprint)

Authors: Louis Dumont

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Louis Dumont's Essays on Individualism is an ambitious attempt to place the modern ideology of individualism in a broad anthropological perspective. The result of twenty years of scholarship and inquiry, the interrelated essays gathered here not only trace the genesis and growth of individualism as the dominant force in Western philosophy, but also analyze the differences between this modern system of thought and those of other, nonmodern cultures. The collection represents an important contribution to Western society's understanding of itself and its place in the world.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Preface to the English Edition


Introduction Part 1 - On Modern Ideology



Genesis, I The Christian Beginnings: From the Outwardly Individual to the Individual-in-the-world



Genesis, II The Political Category and the State from the Thirteenth Century Onward



Introduction



Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham



From Church Supremacy to Political Sovereignty



Modern Natural Law



The Equalitarian and Possessive Implications of Individualism



Hobbes's Leviathan



Rousseau's ""Contract social""



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