Being Human: The Problem of Agency

Part I. The Impoverishment of Humanity: 1. Resisting the dissolution of humanity 2. Modernity's man 3. Society's Being: humanity as the gift of society Part II. The Emergence of Self Consciousness: 4. The primacy of practice 5. The practical order as pivotal Part III. The Emergence of Personal Identity: 6. Humanity and reality: emotions as commentaries on human concerns 7. Personal identity: the inner conversation and emotional elaboration Part IV. The Emergence of Social Identity: 8. Agents: active and passive 9. Actors and commitment Conclusion.