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Toward an anthropology of the will [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop
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Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
Disciplina: | 302/.1 |
Soggetto topico: | Will - Anthropological aspects |
Act (Philosophy) | |
Cognition and culture | |
Personality and culture | |
Ethnopsychology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
MurphyKeith M
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Toward an anthropology of the will ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8047-7377-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459098303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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