On Willing Selves

The neurosciences propose that the concept of will is scientifically untenable - it is our brain rather than our 'self' that controls our choices. Yet we seem to be confronted with increasing free choice in all areas of life. Using up-to-date empirical research in the social sciences and philosophy, this volume addresses the seeming contradiction.

JOHN CLARKE Professor of Social Policy, Open University, UKBARBARA CRUIKSHANK Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, the University of Massachusetts, USASTEFANIE DUTTWEILER Research Assistant, the University of Basel, SwitzerlandKENNETH J. GERGEN Mustin Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College, USAALOIS HAHN Professor of Sociology, Trier University, GermanyAMIN NASSEHI Professor of Sociology, University of Munich, GermanyJANET NEWMAN Professor of Social Policy, The Open University, UKNIKOLAS ROSE Professor of Sociology, the London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMAREN SCHORCH Research Assistant, the Department of Sociology, the University of Trier, GermanyMARIANA VALVERDE Professor of Criminology, the University of Toronto, CanadaTILLMAN VIERKANT Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Edinburgh, UKLOUISE WESTMARLAND Lecturer in Criminology, The Open University, UK