Sociality as the Human Condition: Anthropology in Economic, Philosophical and Theological Perspective

Rebekka A. Klein

Sociality as the Human Condition: Anthropology in Economic, Philosophical and Theological Perspective
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
Published
9 June 2011
Pages
324
ISBN
9789004191990

Sociality as the Human Condition: Anthropology in Economic, Philosophical and Theological Perspective

Rebekka A. Klein

In addition to being contemplated in the classical disciplines of anthropology, human sociality has been subjected to scientific examination in the natural and social sciences. This book offers a substantial discussion of empirical research programs within current economics (experimental and neuroeconomics), with special regard to the themes of reciprocity and altruism. These themes are discussed from a philosophical perspective informed by phenomenology and hermeneutics, and linked to theories of conflict, recognition and alterity in social philosophy, which are used to show the limitations of the purely science-based naturalistic approaches in economics. Finally, the book introduces the concept of the neighbor in Christian theology and shows how this figure brings a new perspective to the examination of human sociality.

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