Disinterestedness and self-formation: Principles of action in William Hazlitt

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-211

  Barbalet, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action theory; Futurity; Hazlitt; Imagination; Self formation; Self interest; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649084826     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431009103705     Document Type: Article

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