Beyond Individualism Reconstituting the Liberal Self

In the examination of the conception of human nature, a duality is commonly perceived--the liberal self as atomistic, self-contained, even selfish; and the communitarian self as socially situated and defined through its environment. Crittenden argues that neither view is acceptable, drawing on recent psychological research to expound on a theory of "compound individuality." This work includes a discussion of the compound individual as the self of liberalism, as well as a discussion of the sort of political organization that can generate personal identity constituted by liberal autonomy and communitarian sociality.Crittenden, Jack is the author of 'Beyond Individualism Reconstituting the Liberal Self' with ISBN 9780195073300 and ISBN 0195073304.