{"product_id":"human-being-and-vulnerability-joseph-sverker-9783838213415","title":"Human Being and Vulnerability: Beyond Constructivism and Essentialism in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker, and Colin Gunton","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Sverker explores the division between social constructivism and a biologist essentialism by means of Christian theology. For this, Sverker uses a fascinating approach: He lets critical theorist Judith Butler, psycholinguist Steven Pinker, and systematic theologian Colin Gunton interact. While theology plays a central part to make the interaction possible, the context is also that of the school and the effect of institutions on the pupil as a human being and learner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to understand what underlies the division between nature and nurture, or biology and the social in school, Sverker develops new central concepts such as a kenotic personalism, a weak ontology of relationality, and a relational and performative reading of evolution. He argues that most fundamental for what it is to be human is the person, vulnerability, bodiliness, openness to the other, and dependence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSverker concludes that the division between constructivism and essentialism discloses a deeper divide, namely that between fundamentally vulnerable persons on the one hand and constructed independent individuals on the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Sverker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838213416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838213415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Joseph Sverker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982703558911,"sku":"9783838213415","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_beb6c14a-9cfb-4019-ab41-b0d750a11159.jpg?v=1683262597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-being-and-vulnerability-joseph-sverker-9783838213415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}