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AUTONOMY GAPS
JOEL ANDERSON IN DIALOGUE |
| By: |
Joel Anderson |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780931182 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780931180 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
15 December, 2016 |
| Series: |
Critical Powers |
| Description: |
This book develops a new concept of critical social theory, focused on diagnosing the misfit between growing demands for individual autonomy and the lagging reality of what individuals' actual autonomy-competence is. |
| Synopsis: |
Individuals in modern societies are frequently overwhelmed by choice, from employers, government agencies, utility providers, doctors and financial services. Joel Anderson argues that there is a tendency to misdiagnose the problem as 'too much complexity' or the 'inherent irrationality' of individuals. He outlines the idea of 'autonomy gaps' as an alternative frame of analysis, referring to the gap between the capacities for choice that are presupposed by various institutions or public policies, and the capacity that individuals actually have to make rational choices.This more dynamic understanding of a key social predicament of modern life requires reconfiguring our understanding of autonomy, clarifying the normative grounds for criticizing autonomy gaps and identifying a range of strategies for closing autonomy gaps or ameliorating their effects. Joel Anderson's new concept of critical social theory is discussed by interlocutors including Jurgen Habermas, Tom Shakepseare, Amy Allen, Peter John, Catriona MacKenzie and John Christman, closing with a response from Anderson. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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