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UNINA9910828857003321 |
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Titolo |
Toward an anthropology of the will / / edited by Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MurphyKeith M |
ThroopC. Jason |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Will - Anthropological aspects |
Act (Philosophy) |
Cognition and culture |
Personality and culture |
Ethnopsychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Willing Contours: Locating Volition in Anthropological Theory / Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop; 2. In the Midst of Action / C. Jason Throop; 3. Moral Willing As Narrative Re-Envisioning / Cheryl Mattingly; 4. By the Will of Others or by One's Own Action? / Linda C. Garro; 5. Willful Souls: Dreaming and the Dialectics of Self-Experience Among the Tzotzil Maya of Highland Chiapas, Mexico / Kevin P. Groark; 6. Transforming Will/Transforming Culture / Jeannette Mageo; 7. How Can Will Be Expressed and What Role Does the Imagination Play? / Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern |
8. Emil Kraepelin on Pathologies of the Will / Byron J. GoodAfterword: Willing in Context / Douglas W. Hollan; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Toward an Anthropology of the Will, the first book that systematically explores volition from an anthropological point of view, demonstrates how a richly nuanced, ethnographically-informed approach to the cultural experience of willing can help shape theories of social action in the human sciences. |
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