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This book responds to widespread anxiety about the loss of ‘agency’, The origin of the concept of the Will is traced through theology, social philosophy, psychology and virtue ethics until Will is replaced with agency in postwar Structuralism. Here agency is not the opposite of structure but simply the means by which structure acts. The book offers an alternative to sociology to show how a person can can indeed make a difference in the world. The work relies on a synthesis of Hegel, Vygotsky, MacInytre’s virtue ethics and Anthony Giddens’ critique of Structuralism.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 263
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Publication Date:
22 January 2027
ISBN: 9789004780248
Format: Hardcover
Andy Blunden is an independent scholar. He has never held a university position in his fields of research: social philosophy, psychology, Activity Theory, Marxism, Hegel and Cultural Historical Activity Theory. He began publishing in these disciplines in 2003, and was for some time an Editor of Mind, Culture and Activity, has published 9 books through Brill and numerous journal articles, presented courses for the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Monash University Department of Early Childhood Development, and Deakin University.