{"product_id":"human-being-and-vulnerability-beyond-constructivism-and-essentialism-in-judith-butler-steven-pinker-and-colin-gunton-9783838213415","title":"Human Being and Vulnerability: Beyond Constructivism and Essentialism in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker, and Colin Gunton","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Sverker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Ibidem Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889174560919,"sku":"9783838213415","price":4032.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783838213415.webp?v=1781174709","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/human-being-and-vulnerability-beyond-constructivism-and-essentialism-in-judith-butler-steven-pinker-and-colin-gunton-9783838213415","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}