A sociological exploration of human motivations and the pursuit of natural goods, examining why people act and how they can fail.
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A sociological exploration of human motivations and the pursuit of natural goods, examining why people act and how they can fail.
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In his 2010 book What is a Person?, Christian Smith argued that sociology had for too long neglected this fundamental question. Prevailing social theories, he wrote, do not adequately "capture our deep subjective experience as persons, curcial dimensions of the richness of our own lived lives, what thinkers in previous ages might have called our 'souls' or 'heart.'" Building on Smith's previous work, To Flourish or Destruct examines the motivations intrinsic to this subjective experience: Why do...
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Minor references to spiritual concepts like 'souls' or 'heart' in a philosophical context.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Moderate focus on social theories and structures shaping human behavior.
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Abuse & suffering
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Minor discussion of human failure and evil as abstract concepts.
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