Publisher: Shanghai People's Publishing House; First edition (July 1, 2009)

Series Name: New Books on Humanities and Social Sciences

Paperback: 343 pages

Language: Simplified Chinese

Format: 32

ISBN:9787208085237

Barcode: 9787208085237

Product size: 20.8 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm

Product weight: 358 g

The Critique of Individual Subjectivity in Modern Society "is published by Shanghai People's Publishing House.

Subjectivity is a philosophical category that characterizes the status and role of individuals in their own objective activities, and its essence lies in the rights and responsibilities of human development from bottom to top. So, this category is inevitably an essential theoretical dimension and perspective when studying issues such as "how to live" and "how to live better".
The individual subjectivity of human beings is a product of modern society. In modern society, due to the comprehensive market economy relationship, people are increasingly breaking away from the traditional society's dependence on each other and becoming independent "individuals". The subjectivity of individuals has increasingly become the most important factor in social life, and the independence, autonomy, self realization, and happiness of each individual have also become the goals pursued by social progress.
However, in modern society that is free from the dependence relationship between people, it is inevitable to fall into the dilemma of "human independence based on the dependence relationship of things", often showing the problem of being too "objectified". In the context of excessive "objectification", human subjectivity is inevitably prone to one sidedness, leading to a sense of meaninglessness, confusion, anxiety, and other survival dilemmas in life. Even the more one pursues individual independence, the more they fall into the paradoxical situation of individual life difficulties. Due to the prominent dilemma of subjectivity, some modern philosophical trends have shown a tendency to negate subjectivity, such as "dissolving subjectivity" and "gradually declining subjectivity". In this situation, further philosophical reflection and in-depth research on individual subjectivity in modern society, based on the lives of modern people, becomes necessary and valuable.

Yin Yan, female, born in October 1963, from Hailong County, Jilin Province. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Shandong University in 1986. I graduated from the Philosophy Department of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2006 with a PhD in Philosophy. Mainly engaged in philosophical principles, value philosophy, scientific research, and teaching work. Current Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Shanghai University.

Preface
Introduction
1、 Individual subjectivity: a major issue in the existence and development of individuals in modern society
2、 Critique of Individual Subjectivity: One of the Most Important Themes in Modern Philosophy
3、 The methodological principles of individual subjectivity research


Chapter 1: The Individual: The Basic Forms of Individual Existence in Modern Society
The Historical and Logical Examination of the Subjective Characteristics of Personal Existence in the First Section
1、 The subjective characteristics of individual existence under the concept of "human dependence relationship"
2、 The subjective characteristics of individual existence based on the dependence on things
3、 The subject characteristics of individual existence in the "Free Man Federation"
Section 2 Individualization: The Basic Characteristics of Personal Life in Modern Society
1、 Individual: the basic form of individual existence in modern society
2、 Individualization of Personal Life in Modern Society
The Issue of Subjectivity in Personal Life in Modern Society
1、 How to live? ——Individuals are entities capable of objectifying themselves in their thinking
2、 Why live? ——Individuals are beings who pursue the meaning of life
3、 How to live better? ——Individuals are idealistic beings


Chapter 2: Individual Life and Individual Subjectivity
Section 1 Individual Life
1、 Life: The Way of Human Existence
2、 The way individuals exist
3、 The Practical Essence of Individual Life
Section 2 Individual Subjectivity
1、 Definition of Individual Subjectivity Category
2、 The 'For Myself' of Individual Life
3、 The 'self-discipline' of individual life
4、 The 'self nature' of individual life
The Subjective Characteristics of Individual Life in Section 3
1、 The 'world view' of individual life
2、 The 'meaningful world' of individual life


Chapter 3: The Contradictory Connotation of Individual Subjectivity in Life
The first section: "Small self" and "Big self"
1、 The dual existence essence of individuals
2、 The relationship between the "little self" and the "big self"
3、 The two value dimensions of "for me" and "for him"
4、 The contradiction between the "little self" and the "big self"
Section 2: Irrationality and Rationality
1、 The dual existence characteristics of individuals
2、 The two forces that individuals exert on life
3、 The contradiction between irrationality and rationality
Section 3 Freedom and Self Action
1、 The duality of individual existence
2、 The Unity of Freedom and Self Action
3、 The contradiction between the freedom of individual life and self action


Chapter 4: The Crisis of Subjectivity in Individual Life in Modern Society
The first section on the subjectivity of self loss - the crisis of individual self-identity
1、 The Oedipus dilemma of modern people
2、 The serious contradiction between self and social roles: the root cause of individual self-identity crisis
3、 Objectified Individual Subjectivity: The Essence of Individual Self Identity Crisis
Section 2: Subjectivity of Alienation - Crisis of Individual Life Meaning
1、 Modern people who are homeless
2、 The one-sided development of individual life consciousness: the root cause of the crisis of individual life meaning
3、 Possessive and individualistic individual subjectivity: the essence of the crisis of individual life meaning
Section 3: Absent Subjectivity - The Dilemma of Individual Freedom
1、 Anxious modern people
2、 Formal Freedom: The Root of Individual Freedom Dilemma
3、 Individual subjectivity without subject: the essence of individual freedom dilemma


Chapter 5: Overcoming Difficulties: Constructing Positive Individual Subjectivity
The first section is about self-awareness - who am I?
1、 The Archimedean Point of Individual Life
2、 The basic content of self-awareness
3、 The content of self-awareness in the era
Section 2: Self positioning - What Do I Really Want?
1、 The Construction of Individual 'Life Coordinate System'
2、 The basic content of self positioning
3、 Basic principles of self positioning
Section 3 Self actualization - Becoming Myself
1、 The passionate performance of the perfect symphony of life
2、 The fundamental path to self actualization


Chapter 6: Autonomous Living
The Basic Subjective Values of Individual Life in Modern Society
1、 The core values of individual life in modern society
2、 The Subjective Value of Individual Life in Modern Society
The Ideal State of Individual Life in Section 2
1、 The standard for evaluating the value level of things
2、 The ideal state of individual life in modern society: autonomous living
The Subjective Characteristics of Autonomous Life in Section 3
1、 Individual subjectivity characteristics of autonomous living
2、 Characteristics of the Subject Object Relationship in Autonomous Living
3、 Individual centered elements of autonomous living
4、 The highest level of subjectivity in independent living
The conclusion changes oneself and changes the world
Appendix 1: On the Crisis of Individual Self Identity
Appendix 2 Main References