What is Man? The author deals with this question on the basis of the structural elements which appear to constitute our prior understanding of ourselves and the world for example the idea of a conscious subject as a person interacting with others in the objective world or as a morally responsible actor and the rational relations between these elements. The traditional framework of such studies is extended in the present work by taking account of more recent psychological debates in addition to philosophical approaches.

Christian Beyer, Universität Erfurt.