Stoic Philosophy and Social Theory
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Beschreibung
This book puts recently re-popularized ancient Stoic philosophy in discussion with modern social theory and sociology to consider the relationship between an individual and their environment. Thirteen comparative pairings including Epictetus and Émile Durkheim, Zeno and Pierre Bourdieu, and Marcus Aurelius and George Herbert Mead explore how to position individualism within our socialized existence. Will Johncock believes that by integrating modern perspectives with ancient Stoic philosophies we can question how internally separate from our social environment we ever are. This tandem analysis identifies new orientations for established ideas in Stoicism and social theory about the mind, being present, self-preservation, knowledge, travel, climate change, the body, kinship, gender, education, and emotions.
This book puts recently re-popularized ancient Stoic philosophy in discussion with modern social theory and sociology to consider the relationship between an individual and their environment. Thirteen comparative pairings including Epictetus and Émile Durkheim, Zeno and Pierre Bourdieu, and Marcus Aurelius and George Herbert Mead explore how to position individualism within our socialized existence. Will Johncock believes that by integrating modern perspectives with ancient Stoic philosophies we can question how internally separate from our social environment we ever are. This tandem analysis identifies new orientations for established ideas in Stoicism and social theory about the mind, being present, self-preservation, knowledge, travel, climate change, the body, kinship, gender, education, and emotions.
Offers original perspectives on social theory by way of comparison with the thoughts of Stoic philosophers Crosses disciplinary lines by combining philosophy and sociology Offers something different for all readers, from experienced scholars to the uninitiated
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Will Johncock
Themen in »Stoic Philosophy and Social Theory«
Levi-Strauss Durkheim Herbert Spencer Henri Bergson Barbara Adam Marcus Aurelius Zeno of Citium Pierre Bourdieu Julia Kristeva Musonius Rufus Hierocles
Stimmen zu »Stoic Philosophy and Social Theory«
“In this accessible and engaging book, Will Johncock links contemporary social theory to the wisdom of the ancient Stoic philosophers, who were asking the first questions about how to live in a cosmopolitan world. There is something very useful pedagogically in connecting the present with the distant past in this way that enlivens inquiry and draws attention to the timeless importance of those very questions.”
–Douglas Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University, USA
“This comparative study is original and creative. Johncock presents a much needed, well researched corrective to those who skew Stoicism as narrowly individualistic.”
–William O. Stephens, Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University, USA
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