Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Subjects and Agents -- 1.1 Three concepts of agency -- 1.2 The orthodox conception of agents -- 1.3 Human nature: the need for a philosophical anthropology -- 1.4 Human nature: morality, justice and virtue -- 1.5 Practical reason and social structures -- Chapter 2: Structure and Action -- 2.1 The concept of social structure -- 2.2 The basic concepts of historical materialism -- 2.3 Orthodox historical materialism -- 2.4 Rational-choice marxism -- 2.5 Structural capacities and human action -- 2.6 What's left of historical materialism? -- Chapter 3: Reasons and Interests -- 3.1 Expressivism and the hermeneutic tradition -- 3.2 Interpretation and social theory -- 3.3 Charity, truth and community -- 3.4 The utilitarian theory of action -- 3.5 Interests and powers -- Chapter 4: Ideology and Power -- 4.1 Collective agents -- 4.2 Falsehood and ideology, I -- 4.3 Falsehood and ideology, II -- 4.4 Nation, state and military power -- 4.5 A note on base and superstructure -- Chapter 5: Tradition and Revolution -- 5.1 Revolution as redemption: Benjamin and Sartre -- 5.2. Marxism and the proletariat -- 5.3 The rationality of revolution -- 5.4 Revolution and repetition -- 5.5 The tradition of the oppressed -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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