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Hans Joas is one of the foremost social theorists in Germany today. Based onJoass celebrated study of George Herbert Mead this work reevaluates thecontribution of American pragmatism and European philosophical anthropology totheories of action in the social sciences. Joas also establishes direct tiesbetween Meads work and approaches drawn from German traditions ofphilosophical anthropology.Joas argues for adding a third model of action to the two predominant models ofrational and normative actionone that emphasizes the creative character ofhuman action. This model encompasses the other two allowing for a morecomprehensive theory of action. Joas elaborates some implications of his modelfor theories of social movements and social change and for the status of actiontheory in sociology in the face of competition from theories advanced byLuhmann and Habermas.The problem of action is of crucial importance in both sociology andphilosophy and this bookalready widely debated in Germanywill add freshimpetus to the lively discussions current in the Englishspeaking world. «
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