Published: 2018-11-26

The human person as the individual, social and relational self in chosen concepts of contemporary social thought: Taylor, Archer, Donati

Dorota Leonarska

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to elaborate the conceptualization of the human person or agent, which is effectuated in contemporary social sciences. The author of this text refers to contemporary scholars, the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor and European sociologists Margaret S. Archer and Pierpaolo Donati. She presents common points and certain differences, which emerge from their concepts regarding the social and individual effects upon the contemporary person.

Keywords:

agency, human person, identity, relations

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Leonarska, D. (2018). The human person as the individual, social and relational self in chosen concepts of contemporary social thought: Taylor, Archer, Donati. Academic Journal of Sociology, 19(2). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/ucs/article/view/2955

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